Our Volunteers and the Stories they write.
The following stories have been written by our volunteer researchers who are all amateurs, united by a deep-rooted passion to preserve the memory of those buried in Horton Cemetery.
Once written, the researchers often return to stories at a later date when further information is unearthed. Occasionally, the researchers find case notes and photographs in the local archives and these details are woven into the stories. Sometimes, family members have come forward to add detail to the stories.
If you believe that any of the following might be someone significant in your family history, please do not hesitate to contact us.
WATERER, Richard James
A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born…
BARNET, Enid
Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.
EARING, Mary Ann
There is no hint of any mental health problems until Mary Ann enters the Asylum in 1899. He family remain attentive and visit her many…
BURTON, Susan
She ordered extravagant luncheons both at Stafford and Northampton stations and had no money to pay for them. The delusion that she is a duchess…
ALLEN, Mary Ann
b.1849-d.1913 I was unable to find Mary’s birth on the General Register Office website but her baptism certificate gives her date of birth as 3…
BAILEY, Kate
b.1882-d.1914 Kate Bailey née Cheer was born in 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire to a farming family. Unfortunately, there is little cheer in this family’s story,…
SABEY, George David
What happened to this Bootmaker?
DUNKINSON, Matilda
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…
HOLTON, Emma
The sad story of Emma of whom we know very little. She was born without speech and spent most of her life away from her…
MILTON, Maria
Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.
HOWARD, Frank
b. 1876 - d. 1912 Frank’s appearance in the Lunacy Register and his hospital admission form do not record his DOB but according to the…
WILSON, Frederick Leon
The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.
GARCÍA, Félix
Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso's muse
DODD, George
The French Polisher
WARD, Caroline
Without the invaluable case notes for Caroline Ward, we would not be able to tell any of her sad story.
WOOD, Mary Ann
b.1837 - d.1911 Mary Ann Wood neé Pearce was born abt.1836 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. Her birth is too early to locate on the GRO…
STACE, Louisa
The glove maker
FOLWELL, Dora
The Dressmaker
HAYCOCK, Hannah
b.1868-d.1908 Hannah’s parents and siblings Hannah Haycock was born in 1868 in Rochford, Essex to parents Thomas and Caroline (née Thompson). Hannah was the eldest…
WILSON, Eleanor Lydia Kate
b.1865 - d.1914 Eleanor Emily Lydia Kate Maule was born on the 11th October 1865 at Westminster, London. She was the daughter of William and…
CUTHBERT, Thomasine
b.1845 - d.1915 Throughout her life, the names of Thomasine, Thomasina, and Thomasinie have been used. Thomasina Bridie was born ~1845 in Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland,…
KING, Harriet
b.1836 - d.1913 Introduction: I took on this story and at first thought it might be a nice easy one to complete, but how wrong…
CORBETT, John Francis
b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John…
ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
The Mechanical Engineer
MAPLE, Louisa
b.1854 - d.1923 What do we know? The address book contains details of a son, Frederick Maple, son Henry & Edith Maple, daughter, E. Redsull…
HODGES, Annie Harriet
b.1831 - d.1911 Annie Harriet Conway was born on the 16th August 1831 in Holborn, Camden, England to parents Charles Conway and Ann Thiselton, she…
FLAXMAN, Elizabeth
The tailoress suffering depression
PELHAM, George
Survivor of The Titanic
CLAYTON, Ada
Ada proved a little elusive to find at first.Thanks to the visitor book, the author then found her husband and more of her short life…
THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
The Solicitor's Clerk
GARLAND, Percy Ernest
b.1882-d.1916 Percy's parents and siblings Percy Ernest Garland was born in Blackheath, Kent in the 4th Q of 1882, the fourth of six children. No…
GLENISTER, Arthur
b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered…
SEARS, Emma
b.1865-d.1914 Known Facts Emma Sears died at the age of about 49 whilst a patient at Manor Asylum, Epsom, Surrey. Her alleged age suggested a…
THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
b.1858-d.1911 Note: The unusual name has several different spellings throughout the archived documents. Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth Thredgill is the name on the burial record.…
KROMBACH, Edward
b. 1874-d.1912 On the 1911 Census form our subject signed his name Edward Krombach. However, during his lifetime his name appeared on documents variously as…
PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
The German Tailor who came to London
YEO, Marian Elizabeth
The silver polisher
WHITROD, Elizabeth
Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months
CORKE, Henrietta
The author says, "This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours…
BIGFORD, Emma
b.1838 - d.1912 Early life – 1830s to 1840s Emma was born on 14th April 1838 in Paddington and lived to be nearly 74 years…
FAY, Tottie
The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
b.1873-d.1914 Lily Ada Buckeridge was born on 8th Sept 1873 in Deptford Kent. Her parents were John Thomas Buckeridge (1848 –1924) born in Newbury, Berkshire…
TIDYMAN, Samuel
Escaped childhood murder!
EFFEMEY, John
b.1851-d.1909 John’s family The Effemey name has been quite a challenge to research due to its change of spellings when transcribed. Effamy, Effemy, Efeny, Evamy,…
LEWIS, James
b.1859-d.1912 James's parents and siblings James was born on 30 September 1859 in the Camden Union workhouse and at his baptism on 19 Oct 1859…
SULLIVAN, Agnes
b.1877 – d.1927 Intro Had it not been for the Manor address book, we would never have unravelled this story. The addresses gave us the…
RIDLEY, Valentine George
b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his…
VAHID, Henrietta
b.1873-d.1915 A story full of mysteries and unanswered questions Henrietta Vahid was buried in Horton Estate Cemetery at Epsom in Grave number 1789b on the…
DE JONG, John
b.1873-d.1912 Let us start this story at the point in time when John de Jong, a ship’s steward who had travelled extensively, exhibited signs that…
In total, there are about 9000 stories to be written.
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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
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ABER, James William
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AITKEN, William
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ALAIS, Sarah Elizabeth
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ALDER, Sarah
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ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
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ALLEN, Mary Ann
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ALLIBON, Sarah Emma
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AMES, Agnes
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Leslie
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ANDREWS, Kate
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APPLETON, Caroline Sophia
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ASHWELL, Amy
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ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton
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ATTWOOD, Leslie Charles
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AUSTIN, Percy John
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BAHRUTH, Arnold
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BAILEY, Kate
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BAKER, Cassidy (née Trull)
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BAKER, Richard Joseph
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BANNISTER, Arthur
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BARFORD, Maria Celia
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BARNET, Enid
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BARRETT, Edward Dillon
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Bartlett, Alfred
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BATES, Beatrice Miriam
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BATTY, Jane
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BEADON, Walter
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BECKETT, Ebenezer John
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BELLAMY, Louisa
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BELL, Herbert John
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BELL, James Kennedy
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BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
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BERRY, Henry
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BIGFORD, Emma
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BISHOP, Charles Joseph
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BLACKMORE, Arthur John
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BLACKWELL, Charles
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BLAZDELL, Mary Jane
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BLEWITT, Emily Florence
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline
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BOARD, Elizabeth
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BOLD, Maria
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BOLTON, Thomas
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BONNER, Mary Elizabeth
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BOULTON, Alfred William
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BOUTTELL, Catherine
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BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
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BOX, Archibald
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BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle
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BRANSGROVE, Louisa
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BREMMICOMBE, Henry
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BROGAN, Mary
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BROOK, Herbert
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BROWN, Alfred Albert
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BRYANT, Percy Henry
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BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
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BUNCE, Maurice
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BURFITT, Matilda Georgina
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BURTON, Susan
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BYFORD, Walter
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CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
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CAMPLISSON, George
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CAPLING, John
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CARPENTER, George
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CARR, Arthur
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CARTER, George James (James George)
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CARTWRIGHT, Walter
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CASSAN, John Sheffield
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CASSIE, George William
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CATHERWOOD, William Pearson
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CHANDLER, Emma May
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CHAPMAN, Harriett
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CHEESMAN, Annie
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CHESTERMAN, Henry
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CLARKE, George
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CLARKE, William Robert
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CLAYTON, Ada
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COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey
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COLEMAN, Mark
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COLLIER, Isaac James
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COLLINS, John
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COLSON, Mary Ann
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COLTMAN, Martha
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COMPTON, Emma
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COOMBES, Elizabeth
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COOPER, Frederick
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COOPER, William Henry
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COPELAND, Mary Ann (née Myring)
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COPPING, Ada
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CORBETT, John Francis
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CORKE, Henrietta
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COTTRELL, Edward
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COURTENAY, John MacArthur
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CRACKNELL, Alfred William
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CRESSWELL, Frank Ernest
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CROTTY, Susan
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CURSON, Charles Robert
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CURWOOD, Rose Hester
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CURWOOD, Thomas Edward
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CUSHNIE, George Barnes
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CUTHBERT, Alfred
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DACOMBE, Amy
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DAVIS, Charles Augustus
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DAVIS, Evan James
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DAWES, Jane Eliza
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DEAN, George
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DEVERILL, Minnie
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DE JONG, John
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DICK, Andrea Elder
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DODD, George
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DOLDING, Annie
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DONEGAN, Lottie Enid
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DOODY, Thomas
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DORLEY, Harriet
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DOW, Charles
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DRINKWATER, John
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DUNCAN, Maud
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DUNCOMBE, Caroline
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DUNKINSON, Matilda
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D’ARENBERG, Arthur William
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EARING, Mary Ann
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EATON, Samuel
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EBELTHITE, Sarah
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EDWING, Elizabeth
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EFFEMEY, John
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ELLERTON, Edward
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ELVIN, Harry
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EMBLEM, Henry
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ENDERSON, Gertrude
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EVANS, Ida Ellen
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EVANS, James William Montague
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EYRE, Ada (née Heath)
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FAIRBRASS, Amy (Amey)
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FAY, Tottie
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FELL, Sachinais Alicia
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FLAXMAN, Elizabeth
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FLETCHER, George
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FLYNN, James David
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FOLWELL, Dora
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FORMAN, Thomas
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FOX, John
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FRANCIS, Amelia
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FRASER, Arthur Alfred
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FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
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FRIZELL, Frederick Robert
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FRYER, Edward
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FULLER, John Alfred
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FURY, Sylvester
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FUZZENS, William
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GALLIANO, James Price
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GARCÍA, Félix
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GARDNER, Thomas George
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GARLAND, Percy Ernest
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GEORGE, Frederica
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GERHARD, Marie
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GILBERT, George Frederick
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GILCHRIST, Jane
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GILLAM (GILLAN), Ellen
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GILLER, Frederick William
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GILL, Jane
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GLENISTER, Arthur
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GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May
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GODFREY, Susannah
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GOLDER, Edward
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GOMMERING, Elizabeth
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GOODING, George
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GOODING, Sarah Ann
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GORSUCH, Joseph
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GOYMER, Hugh
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GREENE, Archibald
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GREGG, Charlotte
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas
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HACKETT, Edward
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HALEY, Samuel Thomas
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HALLÉN, Hjalmar
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HALL née Grey, Emma Mary
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HAMILTON, Charles Frederick
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HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd
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HANCOCK, John Charles
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HARDING, Harriet Emma
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HARDWICK, Dorothy
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HARLEY, Alice
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Harlock, Louisa
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HARMSWORTH, Louisa
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HARPER, James
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HARRIS, Rose Matilda Edith
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HARTNOLL, Thomas
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HAWKINS, Frederick
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HAYCOCK, Hannah
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HEATH, Lizzie
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HEDINGER, Otto John
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HELLICAR, Infant Child
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HENNESSEY, Charles
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HILLIER, Emily
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HIRONS, Matilda Lucy
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HODD, Edgar Horace
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HODGES, Annie Harriet
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HODLEY, Jane
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HOLDGATE, Charles
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HOLLIDGE, Martha
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HOLLIMAN, Emma
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HOLTON, Emma
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HONEY, Joseph Thomas
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HOPE, Julia
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HORRIGAN, William
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HORSEY, Joseph Maslen
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HORWOOD, William
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HOWARD, Emma
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HOWARD, Frank
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HOWE, Walter
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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows
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HUNT, John James
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HYATT, Daisy Lilian
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HYATT, George
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JACKSON, Priscilla
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JAKEMAN, George
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JAMES, Annie
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JAMES, Henry Walter
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JAMES, Susan
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JELLIMAN, Elizabeth
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JERVIS, Arthur
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JOBLING, Sophia
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JOHNSON, William Arthur
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JONES, Archibald
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JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose
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JONES, Thomas
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JORDAN, Edward George
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JOSLIN, Ada
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JOYCE, Bertha
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JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann
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KEARNEY, Alfred
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KELLAND, Henry Philip Chambers
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KELLY, Henry
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KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John
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KENT, Edward John
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KIDD, James
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KILMINSTER, George Thomas
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KIMBER, Thomas
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KING, Ellen Mary
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KING, Ernest Albert
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KING, Harriet
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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KROMBACH, Edward
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KRZYZOWSKI, Josef
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LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel
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LANDROS, Peter
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LARNER, Emily
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LAUGHTON, Ethel
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LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick
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LEIGH, Jessie
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LEVELL, Nellie Louisa
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LEVERETT, John Henry
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LEWIS, Francis
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LEWIS, James
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LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph
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LIDDIARD, William Bromley
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LUSK, George Alfred
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MAIDMENT, Edward
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MANNOCK, Walter
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MAPLE, Louisa
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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam
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MASON, Benjamin Albert
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MASSEY, Harriet
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MASTIN, Alfred
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MAUER, Charles
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MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa
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McCLOUD, David Drummond
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MCDONALD, Ethel
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McGOVARIN, Laura
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MEAD, Daisy
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MEIN, Alexander
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METROSOGLOW, John
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MILTON, Maria
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MINCHER, Samuel
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MOORE, Henry
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MORGAN, Alfred
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MORGAN, Jemima
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MORIVAL, Louis
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MORRISH, Mary
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MOSS, Joseph William
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MOSS, Thomas
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MOUSLEY, Edward Lawford Girling
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MUNDAY, Mary Ann
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MUNDY, George
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MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah
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MURRELL, James
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PAPE, William Edwin
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PARKER, Walter Gilbert
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PARKYNS, Ann
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PASKELL, Kate
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PASTEAU, Maurice
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PAULSON, George Grant
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PAXTON, William Spencer
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PEDLEY, Byron
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PELHAM, George
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PENFOLD, Edward Charles
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PENN, Rose Esther
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PENN, William George Joseph
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PENZA, Peter
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PETERSON, Sophia
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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
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PHILLIPS, William
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POPPLEWELL, James
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POSFORD, Emily Caroline
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POULTON, George Henry
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PRESTRIDGE, Frederick
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PUTMAN, William John
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PYATT, Sidney
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PYM, Edward
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RAINE, James George
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RAYSON, Walter Sydney
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READ, George Richard
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REEVE, Jane Sarah
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RIDLEY, Valentine George
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ROADS, Francis Elliot
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ROBB, David
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ROBERTS, Benjamin
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ROENNE (Ferdinand) Frederick Adam
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ROLFE, Thomas Philip
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RUDKIN, Elizabeth Jane
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RUMBOLD, Bertram
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RYAN, Mary
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SADLER, Thomas
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SAGE, Henry Charles
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SAWKINS, Thomas
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SCAMBLER, Thomas William
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SCHMIDT, Ethel
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SCOTT, Alexander
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SEARS, Albert
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SEARS, Emma
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SHINE, John James
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SHORTLAND, Edward James
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SHREEVE, Lottie
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SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
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SIMMONS, William
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SKERMER (also Skinner/Skirner), Charles
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SKILLINGS, Samuel
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SKINNER, Alfred
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SKULL, Mark
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SMITH, Emily Clara
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SOAR, Mary Ann
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SODEN, George
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SOPER, George Edward Worsley
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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
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SPRING, Elizabeth
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SPURRETT, Thomas Richard
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SPURRET, Walter George Blofeld
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STACE, Louisa
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STAFFORD, Henry Alfred
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STANDLY, Louisa
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STASZEWICZ, Felicja
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STEBBINGS, Mahala
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STIDDIFORD, Edith
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STREET, John
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SULLIVAN, Agnes
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SWAN, Ernest Paul
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SYKES, Gertrude
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SYMES, David
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TARR, Samuel Peter
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TENNANT, Herbert John
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THEO, Walter
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THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
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THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
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TIDYMAN, Samuel
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TREVAIL, Gertrude
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TRIGGS, George
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TURNER, Elizabeth
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TYSON, John
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WALKER, George
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WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick
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WALL, John William
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WALTER, Mary Elizabeth
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WARD, Caroline
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WATERER, Richard James
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WATKINS, Caroline
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WEEKES, Esther
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WESLEY, James
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WHEELER, Ada Elizabeth
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WHITAKER, Isabella
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WHITROD, Elizabeth
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WILSON, Eleanor Lydia Kate
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WILSON, Frederick Leon
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WOODCOTE, Mary
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WOOD, Mary Ann
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WRIGHT, Eliza