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I am entirely indebted to family members for the core of information on this website, in particular my second cousin, Beth Meese. Whilst I’ve tried to go back to original sources where possible, in many cases I rely on the research that she did over decades. I use a lot of articles from The Hull Daily Mail archives. These add colour that isn’t available in official records and sometime... »
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When Robert Ford and Sarah Aspinall died in 1913, they left behind them a large family. Only seven of their children had survived the perils of a Victorian childhood but these seven had already produced 36 grandchildren, with one more arriving two years later. Their family stories are full of adventure, tragedy and human interest. »