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John Besford (1868-1869)
John Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). John was born on 31st May 1868 at Cowpen Colliery, Blyth. John died on 25th July 1869 at Cowpen Colliery. He was just short of 14 months old. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Debility”. He was the second…
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James Besford (1860)
James Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). James was born on 21st August 1860 at Cowpen Lane, Blyth. He died three days later on 23rd August 1860. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Icterus, 2 days”. Icterus is a term for Jaundice.
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Edward Besford (1857)
Edward Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). Edward was born on 30th December 1857 at Crofton Mills, Cowpen, Blyth. Edward only lived for 13 hours, dying on 31st December 1857. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Debility”.
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George Besford (1831-1908)
George Besford was born at Fenrother, Northumberland, and was baptised on 20th March 1831 at St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Hebron. He was the son of Robert Besford (1792-1844) and his wife Mary Besford (née Marshall).
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Robert Besford (1792-1844)
Robert was born at Garrett Lee Farm to Robert Besford and Ann Besford (née Goodfellow). He was baptised on 10th January 1792 at St. Helen’s Parish Church, Longhorsley. He was an agricultural labourer.
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John Besford (1826-1914)
John was born in 1826 at Eshott Heugh, the son of Robert and Mary Besford.
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William Besford (1851-1879)
William was the first child of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). He was born on 28th November 1851 at Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland.
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David Besford (1863-1954)
David Besford was born on 11th September 1863 at Cowpen Colliery. He was the son of John and Margaret Besford.
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Margaret Besford (née Patterson) (1827-1914)
Margaret Patterson was the daughter of Edward Patterson (1789-1873) a Fisherman, and his wife Margaret (1792- 1883).
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Mary Besford (née Turnbull) (1865-1951)
Mary Turnbull was born in 1865. Her parents, George Turnbull and Mary Turnbull (née Barron), were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mary had eight siblings.