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Overton Hall is a country house just outside Ashover in Derbyshire. It was described as “a pleasant old residence, embosomed in ancient...
Jessica Feinstein
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Mary Flint from Middleton, and the sad story of a fatal accident
Ari’s 6x great-grandmother, Mary Flint, was born on 23 August 1791 in Middleton By Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Her parents were William Flint...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 21, 20223 min read
A burial at Botley: the story of Frederick David Johnson
Today we visited the grave of Flight Sergeant Frederick David Johnson at Botley Cemetery. He died in 1943, at the age of twenty-two, when...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 6, 20223 min read
James Sims of Duffield
James Sims (also Syms and Simms) was Ari’s 8x great-grandfather, born in Duffield, Derbyshire in 1681 when King Charles II was on the...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Could Henry Walker have been Ari’s 5x great-grandfather?
As noted in the blog post for Mary Kitchen Pearson, shortly before her son Henry was born in 1842, a tin plate worker named Henry Walker...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 5, 20221 min read
John Kent from Kirk Langley, killed in a wagon accident
John Kent was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in Kirk Langley, Derbyshire, in 1781. His parents were James Kent and Elizabeth Blood, and...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 4, 20224 min read
Isaac Spencer, lead miner
Isaac Spencer was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather. He lived in Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and was born in 1740. His parents were...
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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 15, 20222 min read
John Wheeldon, hatter
Six men are working with combs, irons and brushes as they make hats of various descriptions, some tools of their trade are hanging on the...
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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Elizabeth Ann Murfin from Mugginton
Elizabeth Ann Murfin was Ari’s 3x great-grandmother. She was the first child of John Murfin and Mary Ford, born on 22 September 1877 in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 24, 20222 min read
Sarah Buxton from Middleton By Wirksworth
Sarah Buxton was Ari’s 7x great-grandmother. She was born in Middleton By Wirksworth in Derbyshire in 1744 and baptised on 21 November...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 10, 20222 min read
William Phipps from Ockbrook
William Phipps was born in the village of Ockbrook, which is near the canal on the road from Nottingham to Derby. William was one of...
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Jessica Feinstein
May 29, 20222 min read
Eliza Kent from Kirk Langley
Eliza Kent was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers. She was born in 1814 in the village of Kirk Langley, which is 4.5 miles north-west of...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Elizabeth Phipps from Holbrook
Ari’s 3x great-grandmother, Elizabeth Phipps, was born on 11 December 1876 in Holbrook, Belper, Derbyshire. She was the fifth of the...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 19, 20225 min read
Getting it wrong: the case of Mary Ford
What do we do when the facts don’t fit our story? Sometimes we just give up at that point in our tree, deciding that it’s too complicated...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 14, 20221 min read
George Pearson, tailor
George Pearson was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in Bonsall, Derbyshire, in 1792. His baptism took place on 26 Feb at the church in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 26, 20211 min read
Ann of Ashbourne
I was contacted by a relative this morning asking about the mysterious Ann (maiden name unknown). Ann was Ari's 6x great-grandmother,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Mary Ann Bunting from Whatstandwell
Mary Ann was one of Ari's 4x great-grandmothers. She was born in the village of Whatstandwell, which is between Matlock and Belper, on...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 2, 20214 min read
Ellen Boothby
One of Ari's ancestors who I think had a very difficult life was Ellen Boothby. She was Ari's 4x great-grandmother, and not only did she...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Elizabeth (Betsy) Millington from Denby
One of Ari's 6x great-grandmothers was Elizabeth Millington, who was born in 1786 in Denby, Derbyshire. She was the youngest child of...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 17, 20212 min read
Hannah Allsop: charwoman, huckster, and farmer
One of Ari's 6x great-grandmothers was Hannah Allsop, daughter of Charles and Sarah. She was baptised on 17 January 1796 at the church in...
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