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Ari’s great-great-grandmother, Nellie Wheeldon, was born on 23 Feb 1911 at 167 Nottingham Road, in Belper, Derbyshire. Her father, John...

Samuel Sims was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather. View of the Derwent valley from Broadholme Lane He was born in 1727 in Broadholme, Belper,...

Emily Fanny Williams was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother. Her birth certificate shows that she was born on 9 April 1845 at Low Top in...

Henry Dawson was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers. He was born on 18 April 1810 in Duffield, Derbyshire, the son of a linen weaver,...

One of Ari’s 4x great-grandfathers was William Morris, born in Milford, Derbyshire, in 1845. He was the second son of foundry watchman...

Ari’s 6x great-grandfather John Sims was born in Heage, Derbyshire, in 1775 and baptised on 17 July at St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield. His...

One of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers was David Spencer. David was born on 11 May 1867 in Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, to Judith...

Ann Sheldon was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers. She was born in 1823, in Biggin-By-Wirksworth in Derbyshire. In the 1851 census, Ann...

Samuel Boothby was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in Duffield, Derbyshire, in 1781. He was the fourth child and first son of Samuel...

Overgrown railway sleepers at Little Eaton Ari’s 10x great-grandmother Hannah Tomlinson was born in 1664 at Little Eaton in Derbyshire...

John Sims was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather, born in Yeldersley, Derbyshire, in 1843 and baptised at the church in Bradley on 23 April. His...

One of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers was John Morris, born in 1817 in Draycott, Derbyshire. His baptism took place on 3 August 1817 at the...

Eliza Grace Potter was Ari’s 5x great-grandmother, born in 1815 in Longford, which is a village near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She was...

Ari’s 5x great-grandfather William Boothby was born in 1809 in Milford, Belper, Derbyshire. The River Derwent from Milford Bridge,...

Jacob Sheldon was born in 1767, in Bonsall, Derbyshire. He was the fourth of six sons of Benjamin Sheldon and Elizabeth Haynes, and was...

Thanks to the very helpful service provided by staff at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock, I now have some more information about...

I recently received the death certificate for Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, Thomas Murfin. It says that he died at the County Asylum, in...

Alice was Ari’s 8x great-grandmother. She was born in 1712 in Old Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the daughter of John and Mary. Here...

One of Ari’s 7x great-grandmothers was Lydia Roper, the mother of Alice Holmes. She was born, probably in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in...

Samuel Kinder was one of Ari’s 9x great-grandfathers. He was probably born in or near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in about 1710 (just after...