Albert James van Hoorn - artist. Born at Kilkeel, near the Mountains Of Mourne, in Ireland. He and his wife, Dora, had ten children, one of whom died in infancy. Albert's family had travelled to Ireland with William Of Orange. He came to England - to Oldham, Golders Green, Brixton and Hampton Wick. As a young man he appeared on the music-hall stage. He was a competent musician and had several parlour songs published, amongst them "The little Church Upon The Hill" and "While Silent Stars". He had a part in building a silent movie stage that could be rotated to keep the light constant. Whilst working as an artist in Brixton, his work was noticed by Lord Harberton - James Pomeroy - who became his patron, and who brought him to Hampton Wick, where he worked on the Crystal Film Company studios, behind the High Street. Crystal were active for two years, 1914 -1915. Albert van Hoorn invented the familiar rotary clothes airer. This device was marketed in Australia under the trade name "Doravan", derived from Dora van Hoorn, Albert's wife. The name van Hoorn means "from Hoorn" in the north of the Netherlands. The family was, historically, a typical Flemish mix of artists and soldiers. The trade name "Doravan" was later changed to the more catchy "Drovana", used by Dora van Hoorn for her hairdressing business in Fife Road, Kingston. Albert is buried in consecrated ground, under the name Horan. Eight persons were buried in the same grave, all in 1929 and 1930, one of them on the same day as Albert.
Albert James van Hoorn - artist. Born at Kilkeel, near the Mountains Of Mourne, in Ireland. He and his wife, Dora, had ten children, one of whom died in infancy. Albert's family had travelled to Ireland with William Of Orange. He came to England - to Oldham, Golders Green, Brixton and Hampton Wick. As a young man he appeared on the music-hall stage. He was a competent musician and had several parlour songs published, amongst them "The little Church Upon The Hill" and "While Silent Stars". He had a part in building a silent movie stage that could be rotated to keep the light constant. Whilst working as an artist in Brixton, his work was noticed by Lord Harberton - James Pomeroy - who became his patron, and who brought him to Hampton Wick, where he worked on the Crystal Film Company studios, behind the High Street. Crystal were active for two years, 1914 -1915. Albert van Hoorn invented the familiar rotary clothes airer. This device was marketed in Australia under the trade name "Doravan", derived from Dora van Hoorn, Albert's wife. The name van Hoorn means "from Hoorn" in the north of the Netherlands. The family was, historically, a typical Flemish mix of artists and soldiers. The trade name "Doravan" was later changed to the more catchy "Drovana", used by Dora van Hoorn for her hairdressing business in Fife Road, Kingston. Albert is buried in consecrated ground, under the name Horan. Eight persons were buried in the same grave, all in 1929 and 1930, one of them on the same day as Albert.
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