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MASON, Benjamin Albert
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Long Grove Asylum Males

MASON, Benjamin Albert

Tony McGarryMarch 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1874-d.1918 Benjamin was born on 9 April 1874 in Bethnal Green. His parents were George Mason and Elizabeth (née McTaggart). They were married on 30 June 1867 at St. James...
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KING, Ellen Mary
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

KING, Ellen Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightMarch 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b. 1872-d.1910 Despite extensive searches I have not been able to trace Ellen’s background. There have been a number of leads but they led to dead ends and show who...
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TURNER, Elizabeth
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

TURNER, Elizabeth

Steve JohnsonFebruary 28, 2022March 8, 2023
b. ~1866 - d.1910 Elizabeth TURNER is another common name to research. There are quite a few people in the workhouses and asylums with this name so we need to...
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SYMES, David
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

SYMES, David

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022
b.1865-d.1908 There is a birth for David B. Symes in the September quarter in 1866, in Greenwich, with a mother who had the surname of Lawrence. I have not found...
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WHITROD, Elizabeth
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

WHITROD, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022October 17, 2022

Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months

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ORAM, Mary Ann
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum

ORAM, Mary Ann

Julie JacksonFebruary 16, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1849-d.1910 Mary Ann Swain was born in the City of London on 18th July 1849 and baptised at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster on 2nd September 1849. Her father,...
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HORSEY, Joseph Maslen
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

HORSEY, Joseph Maslen

Tony McGarryFebruary 15, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1897-d.1918 Joseph Maslen Horsey's parents were Henry and Sarah Ann née Maslen. They were married on 14 September 1890 in St. John’s Church Hoxton. Henry was 26 years old and...
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GILLER, Frederick William
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

GILLER, Frederick William

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 15, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1861-d.1908 Frederick was born in 1861 in the Camberwell registration district to Frederick Gustavus Giller (1834 - 1881), a merchant’s clerk and Elizabeth ‘Minnie’, née Peacock (1837 - 1870). They...
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PAXTON, William Spencer
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

PAXTON, William Spencer

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1859-d.1908 William was born in 1859 to Thomas Paxton (1826-1867) and his wife, Emma née Cotton (1827-1880). They married in 1848 at Woburn. Thomas was a land agent/ostler, son of...
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WATKINS, Caroline
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

WATKINS, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1864-d.1907 Caroline was born in the September quarter of 1864, in the St Pancras registration district, London, to George Daniel Watkins, born in 1837 and Lucy Elizabeth Watkins, born in...
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ORPWOOD, Edith Annie
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

ORPWOOD, Edith Annie

John WillmottFebruary 5, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1881-d.1917 Edith Annie Orpwood was born in 1881 to Richard and Elizabeth Orpwood. At this time, the family lived at 10 Cambridge Road, Kilburn, London. Edith’s birth was registered at...
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GOODING, George
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

GOODING, George

Tony McGarryJanuary 30, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1895-d.1918 George’s Story George Henry Gooding’s birth was registered in the March quarter of 1896 (reference Holborn 1b 710). The Holborn Registration District covered the St. Luke’s district. He had...
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SABEY, George David
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

SABEY, George David

Lesley LeeJanuary 28, 2022March 19, 2023

What happened to this Bootmaker?

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CHANDLER, Emma May
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

CHANDLER, Emma May

Elizabeth AumeerJanuary 24, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1888-d.1919 Early Life Emma May Chandler was registered as May Emma Chandler at birth. She was born on 11th May 1888 in Westminster, London. Her parents were Henry John Chandler...
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ROBB, David
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

ROBB, David

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2022January 24, 2022
b.1856-d.1917 Compared to many of those who died in Long Grove and are buried in Horton Cemetery, David Robb lived a life seemingly unaffected by poverty. The son of a...
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CAMPLISSON, George
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

CAMPLISSON, George

Stephen MundayDecember 30, 2021February 16, 2022
b.1868-d.1917 Although his birth year was estimated incorrectly in a number of censuses and workhouse registers, our research confirms that George Camplisson was born in Dublin on the 9th of...
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KIMBER, Thomas
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Long Grove Asylum Males

KIMBER, Thomas

Stephen MundayDecember 30, 2021April 7, 2022
b.1865-d.1918 We know that Thomas Kimber died in Long Grove on the 17th of May 1918 at the age of 51. It has not yet been possible to find an...
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DUNKINSON, Matilda
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

DUNKINSON, Matilda

Sally NestorDecember 16, 2021April 26, 2023
b.1878 - d.1907 Dunkinson has been spelt in a variety of ways on the sources discovered, however I believe they are transcription errors and that the documents found all refer...
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LANDROS, Peter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

LANDROS, Peter

A CDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021
b.1870 - d.1917 Calculated from his age of 47 when he died in 1917, he was born about 1870. The GRO has no birth registered under this name – perhaps...
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JAMES, Annie
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum

JAMES, Annie

Steve JohnsonDecember 7, 2021November 1, 2022
b.1852 - d.1899 On 31st July the cemetery received its first burial – Annie JAMES, who had been at the Manor. Her shroud cost 8d, the gravediggers were paid 10/6d,...
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BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie

Steve JohnsonNovember 25, 2021October 27, 2022

The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant

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FRASER, Arthur Alfred
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Long Grove Asylum Males

FRASER, Arthur Alfred

Stephen MundayNovember 2, 2021November 16, 2021
b.1865-d.1918 1860s Arthur Alfred Fraser (or Frazer) was born on March 16th, 1865, in St James, Westminster, to Thomas Fraser and his wife Elizabeth Emma (née Barker). At the time...
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FRYER, Edward
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

FRYER, Edward

Louise TaylorOctober 30, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1865 - d.1909 Early Life Historians believe that Shoreditch got its name from water that ran across the area's marshland. It was originally known as Soersditch, or Sewer's Ditch. Edward...
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THEO, Walter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

THEO, Walter

Tony McGarryOctober 4, 2021April 4, 2022
b.1871 - d.1918 Walter's Father John Theodoridi, Walter’s father was born in 1833 in Constantinople Turkey. He was a Greek gentleman, former Captain in the Russian army, a freemason of...
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GODFREY, Susannah
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

GODFREY, Susannah

Brian CullenSeptember 29, 2021April 16, 2023

Eliza Susannah was born in 1860. Her maiden name was Eliza Susannah Portsmouth.

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JAMES, Henry Walter
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males War dead

JAMES, Henry Walter

Steve JohnsonAugust 25, 2021April 4, 2022
b. 1887-d.1941 Intro Private Henry Walter JAMES is one of the confirmed war dead buried within Horton cemetery. He is one of the 'serviceman' referred to on the Horton Memorial....
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HALLÉN, Hjalmar
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

HALLÉN, Hjalmar

Roger MillerJuly 8, 2021December 8, 2021
b.1847 - d.1908 Hjalmar Hallén died on 19th April 1908 in Long Grove Asylum and was buried in Horton Cemetery on 25th April in grave 133a. The 1881 census The...
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

John Victor Smith was an underage recruit, a drummer then bandsman with 1st Battalion 17th foot Leicestershire Regiment.

He served in many scenes of war...and that took its toll. It is a really
...interesting read.

https://hortoncemetery.org/smith-john-victor/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

Henry ALLEN - an interesting character; ambitious, a one time painter turned bootmaker who fell into debt and became bankrupt.

Sadly and tragically, one of his children died in a house fire and a
...few years later his wife, Alice died.

Read his story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/allen-henry/
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
5 Jan

John MABON (1878-1914), a Royal Marine. Invalided out after 11 years with fatigue, headaches and irritability. He was not awarded a pension, having suffered from syphilis in his early days. The ...image is HMS Swiftsure - one he served on.

https://hortoncemetery.org/mabon-john/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
4 Jan

James Christopher COLEMAN (1891-1916) suffered badly with epilepsy.

When he entered the Epileptic Colony in Epsom, he settled well initially and was said to be working on the land.

The remainder
...of his short life in the Colony was sadly difficult. http://www.hortoncemetery.org/coleman-james-christopher/

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