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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 11, 20202 min read
Samuel Wheeldon, hosiery dresser
One of Ari’s 4x great-grandfathers was Samuel Wheeldon. Samuel was born in Cromford in Derbyshire on 14 July 1851, the fourth son of John...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 29, 20181 min read
Lydia Roper of Wirksworth and Cromford
One of Ari’s 7x great-grandmothers was Lydia Roper, the mother of Alice Holmes. She was born, probably in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 12, 20182 min read
Ruth Brelsford, Primitive Methodist?
One of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers was Ruth Brelsford, born in about 1824 in Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Her father was William,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 1, 20181 min read
Joseph Bunting Thickett
Joseph was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in 1765 in Ashover, Derbyshire, the son of Sarah Thickett. The River Amber near Ashover On 30...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 26, 20182 min read
Mary Ann Brewell
Mary Ann Brewell was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother. She was born on 21 May 1846 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the third daughter of Ann Land...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 10, 20171 min read
Alice Holmes
One of Ari’s 6x great-grandmothers was Alice Holmes, who was born in Cromford in 1778, the second daughter of Samuel Holmes and Lydia...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 28, 20171 min read
Henry Pearson, mystery man
Ari’s 4x great-grandfather, Henry Pearson, was born in about 1838 in Cromford, Derbyshire, but has proved difficult to trace. According...
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