Born in Tipton, Staffordshire, and working as a nailer, Ambrose moved to Duffield in Derbyshire where he met and married Martha Cheetham.

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The daughter of Samuel Cheetham and his wife Mary (née Webster), Martha was born in Duffied, Derbyshire, where she married Ambrose Blackham in 1777.

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Born in Toadmoor, Derbyshire, ‘Frank’ worked as a nailer, porter, and later a stone mason.

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The daughter of John Briggs and his wife Hannah (née Baxter), Ellen was born in Snow Hill, Birmingham.

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Five months after the death of his wife, Matthew was convicted of theft and transported to Australia, leaving behind his four year old son.

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Hannah was born in Crich, Derbyshire, where she married Henry Williams in 1907.

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The son of Job Williams and his wife Sarah (née Attwood), ‘Harry’ was born in Bredon’s Hardwick, Worcestershire.

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Born in Shipley Gate, Derbyshire, George was a dentist in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

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The daughter of William Bacchus and his wife Harriet (née Poyton), Lilian was born in Bethnel Green, London.

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Born in Langdale, Yorkshire, Isabel emigrated to the US where she married John William Spence in 1902.

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Born in Toadmoor, Derbyshire, Edith worked in a cotton mill before marrying ‘Ted’ Bowyer.

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Edith, known as ‘Edie’, was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, where she married Alfred Richard Barnard Hobbs in 1927.

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Stanley was born in the West Derby area of Lancashire.

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William was born on Toadmoor, Heage, and married Susannah Thrall at Holy Trinity Church, Milford, on 20th January 1877.

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The daughter of William Thrall and his wife Elizabeth (née Toplis), Susannah was born in Belper, finding work as a mill hand and later as a cleaner of hosiery, before she married William Blackham in 1877.

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Born on 12th November 1889, Henry joined the Royal Army Service Corps, serving in England during the First World War as a driver in Number 2 Horse Transport Company. Henry died from pneumonia on 11th March 1919 aged 29, and was buried in Belper cemetery.

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Born in Toadmoor, Heage, on 25th November 1843, William married Hannah Haynes at Christ Church, West Bromwich, on 30th November 1863. After Hannah’s death he married Hannah White in 1873, and following her death, he married Charlotte Durdy in 1880 at St Akmund’s Church, Duffield.

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The daughter of John and Elizabeth Durdy, Charlotte was born in Tickhill, Austerfield, in Doncaster, and married William Harrison Blackham on 12th January 1880.

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John, known as Berthel, was born in Belper on 1st January 1882. He married Amy Butler at Lichfield in 1905, but died of tuberculosis on 17th December 1922, aged 40.

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Alfred, known as Dennis, was born in Toadmoor on 1st August 1904. In 1927 he married Gertrude Wheeldon, but died on 17th September 1951, aged 47.

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The daughter of John Wheeldon and his wife Sarah Annie (née Hall), Gertrude was born in Belper on 12th July 1902. She married Alfred Dennis Blackham in 1927, and died on 20th October 1978, aged 76.

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John was born in Toadmoor, Heage, and married Mary Ann Varnham in Leicestershire in 1881. John began work as a lorry driver but soon after his marriage he joined the Midland Railway Company as a goods guard. In the evening of 16th August 1905, John was knocked down by a train engine in the Goods Yard at Nottingham, suffered ‘very severe injuries’, and died on the way to hospital.

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The daughter of John and Ann Varnham, Mary Ann was born on 31st July 1860 at Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, and married John Blackham in 1881.

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Sarah Anne, known as ‘Sarah Annie’, was born in Toadmoor on 3rd June 1866. She was baptised on 18th June 1871 at St Peter’s Church, Belper, and married Alfred Blount at St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield, on 2nd November 1885. Sarah died at 14 Windmill Lane, Belper, on 1st February 1954 aged 87, and was buried at Belper cemetery.

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Born towards the end of 1877, Clara Elizabeth was baptised at St Peter’s Church, Belper, on 2nd June 1878. She married John Thomas Mellors at St Peter’s Church on 1st April 1907, and together they had one child, Douglas William Mellors. Clara died at Parkfields, The Butts, Belper, on 21st August 1954, aged 76, and was buried at Belper cemetery.

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Born in Belper on 24th June 1921, Florence was the oldest child of Herbert Blackham and his first wife Mary Ann (née Green). In 1939, Florence, perhaps known as Mary, was working as a silk reeler in the local textile industry. Florence died on 2nd November 1948, aged 27, and was buried in Belper Cemetery on 4th November.

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The daughter of James Green and his wife May Ann (née Holbrook), Mary Ann was born on 25th July 1889 in Belper, and baptised at St Peter’s Church on 6th October in the same year. In 1919 she married Herbert Blackham at Belper and together they had four children. However, Mary died on 9th December 1928, perhaps following the birth of their fifth child, John William Blackham, whose death was registered in the same quarter. She was 39 years old.

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Born on 2nd March 1910 at Ambergate, John was the second child of John Berthel Blackham and his wife Amy. He worked as a police constable and as a chemist’s assistant. John died aged 24 and although his memorial records his death as being 26th May 1934, he appears to have died on or around 16th May.

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Born in Belper on 26th May 1878, John was working as a cotton spinner by the time he was 12 years old. After working as a labourer for his father, who was stove grate fitter, John became a locomotive engine driver, and on 11th September 1910 he married Elizabeth Ann Beard at Christ Church, Belper. He became a member of Belper Urban Council in 1920, which he held for 27 years, was a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and a Chief Ranger of the Belper Court. John died on 27th March 1953, aged 74, and was buried at Belper Cemetery.

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Born on 12th June 1874, John married Emma Boot on 13th June 1899 at Christ Church, Belper. He died on 9th April 1959, aged 84.

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The daughter of Samuel Boot and his wife Mary (née Hooton), Emma was Born in Belper on 21st November 1877. She married John Blackham on 13th June 1899 and together they had eight children. Emma died on 29th December 1965, aged 88.

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The third child of John and Emma Blackham, Ernest was born on 28th March 1903. He died a bachelor on 1st March 1991, aged 87.

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The sixth and youngest child of John William Blackham and his second wife Lydia (née Dring), Thomas was born in Belper on 7th August 1882. He married Mary Ann Marsden in 1911 and together they had two children. Thomas died on 30th November 1964, aged 82, and was buried at Belper Cemetery.

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The daughter of Arthur Marsden and his wife Jane Hannah (née Senior), Mary Ann was born on 11th June 1884 in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. She married Thomas Frank Blackham in Belper, Derbyshire, on 30th December 1911 and together they had two children. Mary died on 19th January 1946, aged 61, and was buried at Belper Cemetery on 22nd January.

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Born towards the end of 1886, Thomas died within six months and was buried at Belper cemetery.

Born in the autumn of 1850, Thomas married Harriett Platt at Holy Trinity Church, Milford, Derbyshire, on 11th April 1873. He worked as a bookkeeper and clerk, and later became a grocer. He died on 2nd January 1935, aged 84, and was buried at Belper Cemetery on 5th January. Thomas and Harriett had no children.

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Harriett was born in Belper on 22nd August 1852, the daughter of Thomas Marshall Platt and his wife Ann (née Shepherd), who had her baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Milford, on 3rd October. She married Thomas Blackham in 1873, but they had no children. Harriett died on 29th June 1941, aged 88, and was interred at Belper Cemetery on 2nd July.

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Born in Crich, Derbyshire, in 1875, William became a clerk and bookkeeper at the local Lime Works, and later worked at Ambergate Wire Works. He died on 7th November 1923, aged 48, and was buried in Belper Cemetery four days later.

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The daughter of Anthony Buckley and his wife Ann (née Hardstone), Annie was born in Crich, Derbyshire, in 1874. She married William Blackham at St Mary’s Church, Crich, on 29th October 1900, and together they had one son, Wilfred. Annie did not remarry after her husband’s death in 1923, and lived to be 87 years old. She died on 5th April 1962, and was interred with her husband in Belper Cemetery.

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Born on 15th October 1901 at Heage, Derbyshire, the only child of William and Ann Eliza Blackham, Wilfred was baptised at St Anne’s Church, Ambergate, on 29th June 1902. The family lived on Matlock Road, Heage.

When Wilfred was 22 years old, his father William was found drowned at Ambergate Reservoir, and he moved with his mother to Newbridge Road, Ambergate. Wilfred became known as a good musician and vocalist, and gave up much of his time to many local good causes.

Wilfred died on 15th December 1928 at the Derby Royal Infirmary at the age of 27, leaving his mother and his fiancée, Mary Hayhoe. A service was held in the U.M. (Bethel) Church, Ambergate, on 19th December, during which the hymns Jesu, lover of my soul and Peace, perfect peace were sung, followed by interment at Belper Cemetery.

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Born in Belper, William was baptised on 11th April 1877. He served as soldier for 18½ years, mostly in India. He re-enlisted after the outbreak of the First World War, and was serving as a gunner with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Field Artillery regiment when, on 4th December 1917 during a rest, a shell exploded near him, killing William and two other men. He was buried at the Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium.

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The only child of Arthur and Doris Blackham, John was born on 12th June 1925 in Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire. In 1955 he married Rita Elizabeth Bordiss in the Birmingham area. John died on 2nd July 2011, aged 86, and was buried in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist in Manthorpe, Lincolnshire.

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The daughter of George Bordiss and his wife Elizabeth (née Turley), Rita was born in Staffordshire on 4th October 1926. She married John Basil Blackham in 1955 and together they had one daughter. Rita died on 26th October 2012, aged 86, and was interred with her husband at Manthorpe, Lincolnshire.

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The daughter of William Bradley and his wife Ann (née Shimwell), Elizabeth was born in Alderwasley, Derbyshire, in 1778. On 17th October 1796, Elizabeth married Joseph Blackham at St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield, and together they had eight children. After Joseph’s death in 1826, Elizabeth married Benjamin Gration in 1836, and worked as a grocer and tea dealer. Elizabeth lived to be 92 years old; she died on 14th December 1870 and was interred with her brother George in the churchyard of St Mary’s, Crich.

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The third child of Thomas and Mary Blackham, Frederic was born in Toadmoor, Heage, on 26th February 1862. He was baptised at St Luke’s Church, Heage, on 17th June but died the following day at 16 weeks old, and was buried in the churchyard of St Luke’s Church on 19th June.

Born on 9th November 1869, Henry, the fifth child of Thomas and Mary Blackham, was baptised at St Luke’s Church, Heage, on 4th January 1870 but died three days later. He was buried in the churchyard of St Luke’s Church on 9th January.

Born on 9th January 1871, George, the sixth child of Thomas and Mary Blackham, was baptised with his sister Sarah Anne at St Luke’s Church on 18th June 1871. He died on 29th April 1873 aged 2 and was buried in the churchyard of St Luke’s Church on 1st May.

Emily was born in Toadmoor, Heage, in March 1877 but died on 6th July aged 4 months and was buried in the churchyard at St Luke’s Church, Heage, on 8th July.

Born in Manchester towards the end of 1883, Frank was baptised at All Souls Church on 19th December. He died in July 1887 aged 3 and was buried in Philips Park cemetery on 13th July.

The fourth child and first daughter of John and Mary Blackham, Susannah was born in Manchester towards the end of 1886. She was baptised on 29th December at All Souls Church, but died on 5th March 1888 aged 1, and was buried in Philips Park cemetery on 8th March.

The seventh child of John and Mary Blackham, Edwin was born in Autumn 1890 but died within three months.

The ninth child of John and Mary Blackham, Mary was born towards the end of 1893 but died within six months.

The tenth child of John and Mary Blackham, Gertie was born in early 1896, but like their previous child she died within six months.

The eleventh child of John and Mary Blackham, Thomas was born in Autumn 1897 but died in early 1899 aged 1.

The twelfth child of John and Mary Blackham, Ethel was born in early 1899 but died in 1900 aged 1.

Frank was born on 28th January 1922 at 35 Oxford Street, East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, together with his twin sister Ruby. However, Frank died at 17 days old and was buried in Kingsway Old cemetery, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, on 16th February.

Elsie was born in the Spring of 1897 but died within 6 months.

Matthias was born in Liverpool in 1877 and married Nellie Gertrude Anderson at St Matthias’ Church, Sneinton, on 9th November 1895. In early 1902, Nellie had a child who was named John Leslie Swain Blackham, but there is nothing to suggest that his father was Matthias. Around this time Matthias began to call himself John Blackham; he appears to have married Margaret Jane Neary, and their first of seven children was born in 1903. Meanwhile, Nellie remarried twice; first to John Henry Key in 1923, and then to Joseph Cobley in 1937. Matthias, known as John, died on 4th September 1953, aged 76.

Born in early 1902, John appears to have been the child of Nellie Gertrude Blackham (née Anderson), but there is nothing to suggest that his father was Matthias Blackham.

Rose Ann Blackham was born on 28th June 1855 at 15 Dorset Place, Masbrough, Yorkshire. On Christmas Day 1907, Rose married her cousin Samuel Blackham at St Peter’s Church, Belper, Derbyshire.

Born at Belper, Derbyshire, in January 1883, Samuel was baptised on 18th January at St Peter’s Church. On Christmas Day 1907, he married his cousin Rose Ann Blackham.

The son of John Sethcell and his wife Lydia (née Shipley), John was born at Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 23rd December 1890, where he was baptised on 18th January 1891. He married Celia Blackham on 7th November 1910 at St Thomas’ Church, Kimberworth, Yorkshire, and after her death in 1924, he married her widowed sister Harriet Parker (née Blackham) in 1926.