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Isabella Summers married George Robert Besford in 1937.

Mary Lyons was born in 1919 at her grandparents’ house in Milburn Road, Ashington, the daughter of Daisy Besford and William Lyons.

William married Daisy Besford on 13th June 1918 at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Morpeth.

Joy Watson married Ron Besford. They had six children.

Julia Maria Besford was born at Great Yarmouth in 1875 and grew up in Lowestoft. She is recorded as the mother of Arnott Herbert Smith Besford, father of the skippers Peter and David.

Ron Besford joined the Australian Navy and served on the HMAS Melbourne. He later ran a building company and became an arbitrator in building disputes.

Thomas Besford married Minnie Dorsett in 1925. Together they ran a chip shop in Blyth.

Thomas Besford worked as a coal miner throughout his life. He was left with four young children when his wife died of smallpox.

Jane Besford was born in 1829 and later married into the Brown family.

Koni Besford is a DJ and producer of alternative house electro, who has played alongside Benny Benassi, Roger Sanchez and Tiësto.