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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...
Jessica Feinstein
Aug 28, 20202 min read
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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,...
Jessica Feinstein
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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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,...
Jessica Feinstein
Jun 19, 20202 min read
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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...
Jessica Feinstein
Dec 20, 20192 min read
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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...
Jessica Feinstein
Sep 22, 20192 min read
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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,...
Jessica Feinstein
Apr 27, 20192 min read
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Caroline Dawson of Derby (and the Hot Dog King)
Caroline Dawson was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother, the mother of Annie Morris (whose story is told in this post). Yesterday we visited Dale...
Jessica Feinstein
Apr 2, 20182 min read
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Judith
Ari has two 11x great-grandmothers whose names I know. One of them was called Judith, and she was born in about 1640, somewhere near...
Jessica Feinstein
Jan 14, 20182 min read
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Joshua Eyre of Hazelwood
One of Ari’s 9x great-grandfathers was Joshua Eyre, born in 1706 in Hazelwood, Derbyshire. He was baptised at the church in Duffield on...
Jessica Feinstein
Dec 9, 20172 min read
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Seventeenth-century ancestors
Recent research has allowed me to find a few ancestors of Ari’s who lived in England in the seventeenth century, some in Dorset and some...
Jessica Feinstein
Nov 3, 20173 min read
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