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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
Aug 26, 20192 min read
John Sims, farmer and publican
John Sims was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather, born in Yeldersley, Derbyshire, in 1843 and baptised at the church in Bradley on 23 April. His...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 27, 20192 min read
Thomas Murfin’s melancholia
Thanks to the very helpful service provided by staff at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock, I now have some more information about...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 23, 20181 min read
Mary Pegg of Ashbourne
Site of one of the goals for the annual Ashbourne Shrovetide football match, which dates back to the seventeenth century Ari’s 7x...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 31, 20171 min read
Joseph Goodall of Bradley
Joseph Goodall was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in 1758 in Bradley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire and christened on 5 October at All Saints’...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 19, 20172 min read
Samuel Sims of Ladyhole Farm
Samuel Sims was Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, born in 1817 at Morley Park, Ripley, in Derbyshire. Coke iron furnaces at Morley Park, c.1780...
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