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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
Jul 10, 20202 min read
Emily Fanny Williams of Ashbourne
Emily Fanny Williams was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother. Her birth certificate shows that she was born on 9 April 1845 at Low Top in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Henry Dawson, silk glove maker from Duffield
Henry Dawson was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers. He was born on 18 April 1810 in Duffield, Derbyshire, the son of a linen weaver,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Mar 22, 20202 min read
William Morris of Milford
One of Ari’s 4x great-grandfathers was William Morris, born in Milford, Derbyshire, in 1845. He was the second son of foundry watchman...
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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
Nov 9, 20192 min read
Ann Sheldon of Whatstandwell, blacksmith
Ann Sheldon was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers. She was born in 1823, in Biggin-By-Wirksworth in Derbyshire. In the 1851 census, Ann...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 22, 20192 min read
Samuel Boothby, cotton framework knitter
Samuel Boothby was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in Duffield, Derbyshire, in 1781. He was the fourth child and first son of Samuel...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 7, 20191 min read
Hannah Tomlinson of Little Eaton, Derbyshire
Overgrown railway sleepers at Little Eaton Ari’s 10x great-grandmother Hannah Tomlinson was born in 1664 at Little Eaton in Derbyshire...
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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
Jul 10, 20192 min read
John Morris, watchman
One of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers was John Morris, born in 1817 in Draycott, Derbyshire. His baptism took place on 3 August 1817 at the...
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Jessica Feinstein
May 16, 20192 min read
We have a swaler in the family!
Eliza Grace Potter was Ari’s 5x great-grandmother, born in 1815 in Longford, which is a village near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She was...
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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
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Jacob Sheldon, miner
Jacob Sheldon was born in 1767, in Bonsall, Derbyshire. He was the fourth of six sons of Benjamin Sheldon and Elizabeth Haynes, and was...
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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
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Thomas Murfin of Mugginton and Mickleover
I recently received the death certificate for Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, Thomas Murfin. It says that he died at the County Asylum, in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 1, 20191 min read
Alice Cundy of Old Brampton
Alice was Ari’s 8x great-grandmother. She was born in 1712 in Old Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the daughter of John and Mary. Here...
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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
Nov 28, 20182 min read
Samuel Kinder of Miller’s Green
Samuel Kinder was one of Ari’s 9x great-grandfathers. He was probably born in or near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in about 1710 (just after...
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