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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Mary Elizabeth Ellen (Nellie) Wheeldon
Ari’s great-great-grandmother, Nellie Wheeldon, was born on 23 Feb 1911 at 167 Nottingham Road, in Belper, Derbyshire. Her father, John...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 24, 20203 min read
Samuel Syms of Broadholme, yeoman
Samuel Sims was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather. View of the Derwent valley from Broadholme Lane He was born in 1727 in Broadholme, Belper,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 20, 20192 min read
John Sims, farmer
Ari’s 6x great-grandfather John Sims was born in Heage, Derbyshire, in 1775 and baptised on 17 July at St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield. His...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 30, 20192 min read
David Spencer, limestone quarry delver
One of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers was David Spencer. David was born on 11 May 1867 in Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, to Judith...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 27, 20192 min read
William Boothby, coal higler
Ari’s 5x great-grandfather William Boothby was born in 1809 in Milford, Belper, Derbyshire. The River Derwent from Milford Bridge,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 10, 20182 min read
John Edgar Pearson Wheeldon
Ari’s 3x great-grandfather, John Edgar Pearson Wheeldon, was born on 27 July 1878 in Holloway, Belper, Derbyshire. His parents were...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 9, 20181 min read
Harry Spencer of Wirksworth
Harry (christened Henry) Spencer was born on 15 August 1901 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and was Ari’s great-great-grandfather. His parents...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 13, 20182 min read
Another sad story: Joseph Phipps
Joseph Phipps was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather. This is the only photo we have of him. He was born on 25 October 1848 in Holbrook, Belper,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 6, 20171 min read
Horace Sims
One of Ari’s great-great-grandfathers was Horace Sims, the son of Frederick Sims and Elizabeth Phipps. Horace was born on 1 Nov 1909 in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 13, 20173 min read
Finding Grandma’s birth family
Ari’s great-great grandmother Winifred (Nigel’s Grandma) was adopted as a baby, and this has always been the most solid brick wall in our...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 11, 20171 min read
Favourite hymn (Elizabeth Pearson)
I discovered a newspaper account of Elizabeth Spencer (nee Pearson)’s funeral in the Belper News of 22 Jan 1937 (available on...
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