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Family of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson)
John Besford (1826-1914) and Margaret Patterson (1827-1914) were married at All Saints’ Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 12th November 1850.
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John Besford (1890-1916)
John Besford was born in 1890, the son of Thomas Besford and Elizabeth Besford (née Train). The 1891 Census records John aged 7 months and living with his parents at 5 Croft Street, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland.
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George Robert Besford (1909-1981)
George Robert Besford emigrated from England to Canada in 1947. He sailed from Southampton to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the RMS Aquitania, a Cunard-White Star Line ship, leaving on 13th September 1947. The Aquitania had been converted into a troop ship during the Second World War.
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Margaret Besford (1866-?)
Margaret was the only daughter of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). She was born on 21st May 1866 at Cowpen Colliery, Blyth, Northumberland.