How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility
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PENN, Rose Esther
b.1886-d.1917 Initial research difficulties The search for a Rose Esther Penn buried at Horton Estate Cemetery on 24th April 1917, aged 30, proved to be fruitless but research for a...
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JAKEMAN, George
b.1853-d.1908 George Jakeman died on 31st March 1908 in Long Grove Asylum and was buried at Horton Cemetery on the 4th April 1908. The Lunacy Patients Register shows that he...
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MORRISH, Mary
b.1860 - d.1902 Mary’s age was recorded by the General Register Office as being 42 when she died unmarried on 21 September 1902. This would give her year of birth...
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LEVELL, Nellie Louisa
b.1899 - d.1914 Nellie Louisa Levell was born on 17th November 1899 in Paddington, London. Her parents were Alfred Levell and Ellen Hodghton. Nellie was the fifth of six children....
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MCDONALD, Ethel
b.1882-d.1910 1880s Ethel was born on 14th September 1882 and was the fifth child of John Hamilton McDonald and Augusta Mahala Annie, née Page. They had married on 31st May...
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BOUTTELL, Catherine
b.1849-d.1910 Childhood Catherine was born in the June quarter of 1849 in South Witham, Lincolnshire to Robert Selby (b.1813) and his wife Elizabeth (née Merry b.1820). In the 1851 Census,...
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HILLIER, Emily
b.1857-d.1910 Introduction Tracing Emily back in time from her death in 1910 reveals that she was institutionalised from as early as 1881, when she would have been no more than...
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HENNESSEY, Charles
b.1870 - d.1917 Long Grove records show Charles as being buried on 27th November 1917 age 45 – giving a birth date about 1872. 1870s The only Charles Hennessey I...
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CUTHBERT, Alfred
b.1861-d.1918 Alfred Cuthbert was born in Ipswich in the third quarter of 1861, the third child and second son of Richard Fleetwood Cuthbert, a coach painter, and his wife, Ann...
DUNCAN, Maud
b.1862-d.1908 1860s Maud was born Mary Bridget in 1862 in the Westminster registration district to Thomas GANLEY, 1826-1877, and Mary, née MEANY, 1828-1896 - the seventh of ten children. Both...
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JERVIS, Arthur
b.1863-d.1908 Early life Arthur was born in the December Quarter of 1863 in the Lambeth registration district. His parents Henry William Bury Jervis (1824-1876) and Caroline, née Burnett (1827-1913), had...
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DAVIS, Charles Augustus
b.1863-d.1908 1850s-1860s Charles was born on 29 January 1863 at 27 Hemsworth Street, Shoreditch, Hoxton Old Town registration district to Alfred Davis, a Master Cabinet Maker, and Jane, née Hunt....
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PASTEAU, Maurice
b.1881-d.1913 Early years Maurice’s parents were Louis Stanislav Pasteau and Mary Ann Thoumine. Louis was born in Sarthe, a region in the North West of France, in 1850 or 1851...
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RUMBOLD, Bertram
b.1877-d.1918 Bertram Rumbold was born Bertie Frederick Rowter in Epsom in the March quarter of 1877. He was baptised on the 4th of February 1877 at St. Mary’s Church Ewell....
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MANNOCK, Walter
b.1876-d.1918 Introduction This is a sad story of a child born in a poor area of London. Throughout his life he was in and out of various institutions and spent...
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LIDDIARD, William Bromley
b.1874-d.1919 Introduction William was admitted to three institutions during his life. The causes of his mental health problems are unknown, but they started when he was only 13. 1860s William...
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MURRELL, James
b.1864-d.1910 1860s James Murrell’s parents were married on 29th December 1862 at St Giles' Church in Camberwell. It was a second marriage for his father James Murrell senior, his first...
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LAIT, Alfred Benjamin
b.1866-d.1909 Alfred’s birth – 1866 Alfred was born in 1866, in the small village of Weeley in Essex. The village is approximately 7 miles from Clacton-on-Sea, it is part of...
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EMBLEM, Henry
b.1878-d.1910 Initial difficulties researching the Emblem family The surname of Emblem seems to have a number of variations such as Emblen/Emblin/Emblan/Embling/Emblow/ Embler. This has made tracing difficult. Variations are often...
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PAPE, William Edwin
b.1880-d.1910 1880s His birth was registered in the December quarter of 1880 in Camberwell. He was the eldest child of William George Pape, an ironmonger, who had a business at...
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KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John
b.1894-d.1919 Early Life Alexander’s parents were Alexander Sylvester Kenny and Sophia Kenny, née Green. The birth of Sophia Green was registered in the June quarter of 1874 in Bethnal Green....
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JONES, Archibald
b.1853 - d.1909 Early life Archibald was born in 1853 in Rotherhithe to Jenkin Jones, born 1819 of Cardiganshire, Wales, and Mary Watt, born 1818, Scotland. His parents registered him...
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ELVIN, Harry
b.1866 - d.1909 Early life Harry Elvin was born in 1866 at Long Milford on the borders of Suffolk and Essex. Long Milford is a quintessential picturesque village. This area...
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?
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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
The giggling tomboy
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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
The Yale graduate and published author
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JORDAN, Edward George
b.1877 - d.1917 Taking his year of birth from his age at death, only two children with his name were born in 1877 according to the GRO. One died in...
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STEBBINGS, Mahala
b.1887 - d.1913 Parents and Birth – 1850s to 1880s Her parents were William Charles Stebbings and Emily Taylor who married on 29th March 1880 in St. Marks Church Southwark. ...
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SYKES, Gertrude
b.1882? - d.1910 A tragic story of a young girl all alone, who lived in institutions from the age of three until her death at a young age. Very little...
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FAY, Tottie
The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London
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PEDLEY, Byron
The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage
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GARCÍA, Félix
Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse
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BATES, Beatrice Miriam
b.1881 - d.1933 - A Grieving Wife Intro Much of the story of Beatrice is a result of information given to us by a living relative; in which we discover...
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FRANCIS, Amelia
The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.
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PARKYNS, Ann
b.1874 - d.1914 Early Life Ann Parkyns was born Ann Rebecca Witherington, in the March Quarter of 1874. Her birth was registered in Bethnal Green. Ann was named after her...
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FLYNN, James David
b.1873 - d.1917 Intro The burial register has James' burial as 7th April 1917 age 44. This gives an approximate year of birth as 1873. 1870s I found and confirmed...
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SKULL, Mark
b. 1857 - d.1915 - A Victorian Murder Case Intro For a brief, but intense period, Mark Skull found himself an unwilling player in a classic Victorian murder case and...
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HARDWICK, Dorothy
b.1888 - d.1910 Early Life Dorothy Betty Hardwick was born in Cheltenham on 17 February 1888, the second child of Walter Henry Hardwick and Sarah Mary West. They had married...
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FURY, Sylvester
Found wandering the streets by the Police, aged 3 years old. Sylvester was taken to the workhouse.
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SCHMIDT, Ethel
b. 1887 - d. 1910 On 26 September 1870 Hanrich Frederick Ferdinand Schmidt married Sophia Hutchings at Christ Church, Somers Town, Pancras. Ferdinand, the name he seems to have used,...
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MAIDMENT, Edward
b.1867 - d.1918 Intro. According to Poor Law Removal and Settlement records, Edward Maidment, aged 46 and described as ‘lunatic’ was, on the 25th of April, 1914, resident at Long...
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STAFFORD, Henry Alfred
b.1864 - d.1918 Henry Alfred Stafford was born in Holborn in the third quarter of 1864 to George Richard Stafford, aged 28, and his wife Emma (née Nichols), aged 27....
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MASTIN, Alfred
b.1864 - d.1909 Alfred was born in September 1864 in Bethnal Green, to William age 34 and Mary age 33, her maiden name was Haddon. Alfred had 2 older brothers...
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BROOK, Herbert
b. 1864 - d.1909 Herbert was born 10 April 1864; their address was 1 Sparkes Cottage, Graham Street West, St. George, Hanover Square, London. His father was James Joseph Brooks...
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BELL, Herbert John
b.1855 - d.1909 Herbert John BELL was buried in Horton Cemetery on 18th June 1909. According to the Lunacy Patients Admission Register he had been admitted to Horton Asylum on...
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FUZZENS, William
b.1875 - d.1915 Intro The wider Fuzzens family are well-established in Windsor, particularly, and one member was the first Labour Mayor of the town. There is a Fuzzens Walk in...
BEADON, Walter
b.~1871 - d.1915 The story of Walter Beadon is among the saddest of the many troubled souls who ended their days at Long Grove Hospital and subsequently received a pauper’s...
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KRZYZOWSKI, Josef
b.1913 - d.1948 Intro Josef's story has been compiled by FOHC researcher, MOD records and information provided by Josef's son. Early Years Josef was born in Krzyzowa, Kraków, Poland on...
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HOLLIDGE, Martha
b. 1848 - d. 1909 1840s Martha Sarah Agatha Waters was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Ewell on the 26th March 1848. She was the daughter of Thomas Waters, a...
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KENT, Edward John
b. 1875 - d. 1917 Working from the Long Grove record of Edward’s death in 1917, we found his birth in the March quarter of 1875 and his mother’s maiden...
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MEAD, Daisy
b. 1878 - d. 1914 Intro Daisy was living in the Manor Asylum when she died. She was said to be 35 years of age at death on the 12th...
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SEARS, Albert
b. 1889- d. 1910 1880s Albert William Sears was born on 1 February 1889 in Hoxton, Shoreditch to Alfred Seers (born in Bristol about 1845 according to his 1881 Census...
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BOARD, Elizabeth
Poor Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter in Horton Hospital – baptised Elizabeth Lilian Board. We do not know what happened to the baby.
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BROWN, Alfred Albert
b.1875 - d. 1910 This is a story that will require revisiting once we can obtain more information from the non-digitised Asylum records which may name family members or previous...
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STIDDIFORD, Edith
b.1883 - d.1917 Note: The asylum records of Stiddiford appear to have evolved from the maiden name of Stideford. The parents of Edith Stideford, Nicholas and Elizabeth (nee Lovell), were...
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MUNDY, George
b.1909 - d.1909 Although this story is named for baby George MUNDY who lived for 11 days after being born in Long Grove Hospital and subsequently was buried in Horton...
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METROSOGLOW, John
b. 1884 - d. 1910 John is something of a mystery. His first mention in the records is at aged 20, with no family connections. Indeed, he was the only...
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KEARNEY, Alfred
b.1878 - d.1917 Alfred Kearney was born in 1878, his birth was registered in the March Q in Camberwell registration district. His mother’s maiden name was WEBB, which I discovered...
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BAHRUTH, Arnold
b.1858-d.1910 A summary of the evidence it has been possible to locate for Arnold is a sad story. Arnold was born Conrad Arnold August Bahruth in 1858 in Germany. The...
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MINCHER, Samuel
b.1840 – d.1908 Between Sep-Oct 1840 Samuel John MINCHER was born in Northamptonshire to Thomas MINCHER (1816-1864) and Mary (1817-1887). His father Thomas was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and his...
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McGOVARIN, Laura
Story Version number = 1Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Linda Miles-Cartwright Laura was born a long way from London in fact she was born in Fredericton in Canada to...
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KELLAND, Henry Philip Chambers
Story Version number = 2Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Jennifer Llewellyn Born: 1st April 1867 at 03.45. 20 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh. His parents were Professor Philip Kelland 1809 -...
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LUSK, George Alfred
b. 1869 - d.1918 - Son of The Ripper's Nemesis - George Alfred Lusk was born in the March quarter of 1869 and his birth was registered in Mile End...
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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam
b.1887-d.1915 Adeline Miriam Marham was born on the 19th of August 1887 in the Union Workhouse, Docking Norfolk. She was born to an unmarried 22-year-old mother named Harriet, a domestic...
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FELL, Sachinais Alicia
b.1873 - d.1910 When I began my research into Sachinais, very little could be found. The only records showing such a name are the records from the workhouse and asylums....
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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows
Of the few remaining gravestones at Horton Cemetery, only four can just about be made out and Ann Barrows Howkins is one. ANN BARROWS HOWKINSDIED DEC 16TH 1912AGED 44INTO THY...
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HOLLIMAN, Emma
b.1858 - d.1909 Early life 1858 to 1871 Emma Holliman’s birth was registered in the March Q of 1858. The transcription of a Baptism Record for Emma Holliman has been...