Mary Besford (née Turnbull) (1865–1951)
Mary Turnbull was born in 1865. She married David Besford (1863–1954) in 1887. The couple had 12 children.
Ashington
Ashington is a town in Northumberland, England. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck.
Many inhabitants have a distinctive accent and dialect known as Pitmatic, which varies from the regional Geordie dialect.
Janet Besford (later Partland) (1902–1994)
Janet Besford married Albert Edward Partland in 1925. In 1928, Janet gave birth to a son, also named Albert Edward Partland. The family later moved to Wakefield and Motherwell.
William Lyons (1926-)
Willy Lyons worked as a milk roundsman and subsequently as the driver of the funeral hearse. He was a sportsman earned money as both a professional footballer and a professional sprinter.
Agnes Jane Hewit (later Besford) (1890–1958)
Agnes Jane Hewit grew up in Ashington, and married Jack Besford in 1914, supporting the family through Jack’s trade union and political activities.
Harry Besford (1921–1992)
Henry Besford, always known as Harry, went to school in Bedlington and then studied Physics, becoming a Senior Medical Physicist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
Albert Edward Partland (1901–1974)
Albert married Janet Besford on 30th May 1925 at Seaton Hirst Parish Church, Ashington.
Emily Maud Carter (1893–1970)
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.
Margaret Alice Dodds (1901–1986)
Alice Dodds married Tommy Besford in 1925. They and their children emigrated to Australia in 1928.
Rhoda Barkwell Websell
Rhoda Websell marrried David Besford in 1920. They and their children emigrated to Australia in 1925.
