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John Besford was the son of Thomas Besford his second wife Isabella Besford (née Oliver). He died in a mining accident at Hartford Colliery.

John Besford was born in Blyth, and worked for the Cowpen Coal Co. for 61 years.

Emily Maud Carter was born in Highgate, London, and married George Besford in 1920 at Gateshead Registry Office. They had one child, Henry, in 1921.

Mary Besford was born in Broomhill, Northumberland. Her first husband was killed in the First World War, leaving her with two children aged 7 and 4.

Willy Lyons worked as a milk roundsman and subsequently as the driver of the funeral hearse. He was a sportsman who earned money as both a professional footballer and a professional sprinter.

John Besford (1820–1875) was born in Stannington, Northumberland in 1820. He was run over by a train on Stannington Viaduct on 3rd August 1875.

Arnott Herbert Smith Besford was born in Lowestoft in 1901 and married Alida Maria Erebout, whose surname is Flemish. Two of their sons became Lowestoft trawler skippers.

George Robert Besford and his wife Isabella Summers emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1947. The family returned in 1949 and lived in Blyth, Northumberland.

Robert Bestford was station master at Humshaugh station until he retired in July 1928.

Ted Besford moved to Australia with his parents at the age of 10. He went on to be an Australian rules footballer and cricketer.