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Grave Concerns

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Grave-digging can lead to some unexpected finds! Not much in the way of treasure, but some valued links which can turn into real-world connections.

Teenage Pregnancy

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Single mothers in our family tree going back to 1707: not a new problem after all! Read how they coped in very different times.

Ruth Johnson

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The end of the line – or the start of the adventure – depending on which way you look at it.

Steve Johnson

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Father of Ruth and son of Joe and Lily Johnson

Born on 9 May 1919 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Married Gladys Crickmore on 11 July 1942

Died 27 October 2001 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery

Gladys Crickmore

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Mother of Ruth and daughter of Tommy and Flo Crickmore

Born Gladys Crickmore on 15 March 1913 in Bradford, Yorkshire

Married Stephen Johnson on 11 July 1942

Died 11 April 2005 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery

Thomas Jarvis Crickmore

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Father of Gladys and son of Harry and Kate Crickmore

Born Thomas Jarvis Crickmore on 3 December 1889 in Bradford, Yorkshire

Married Florence Bell Shearer on 1 October 1912

Died 15 January 1974 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery

Florence Bell Shearer

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Mother of Gladys and daughter of Hiram and Maria Shearer

Born Florence Bell Shearer on 8 December 1890 in Bradford, Yorkshire.

Married Thomas Jarvis Crickmore on 1 October 1912

Died 23 February 1979 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery

Joe Johnson

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Father of Stephen and son of William and Florence Johnson

Born Joseph William Johnson on 23 January 1887 in Newbold, Derbyshire

Married Lily Leachman in 1909

Died September 1940 in Chesterfield

Lily Leachman

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Mother of Stephen and daughter of John and Mary Ann Leachman

Born Lillian (but used Lily) Leachman in 1890, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Married Joseph Johnson in 1909

Died in December 1957 in Chesterfield

John Leachman VI

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Father of my grandmother Lily and son of Phoebe Leachman

Baptised on 7 December 1867 at Stow in Lindsey, Lincolnshire

Married Mary Ann Fenton in summer 1886

Died in September 1932 in Chesterfield

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