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Eliza Blenkinsop

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Eliza Blenkinsop (Elizabeth Mitchell)

Gender: Female

Date and Place of Birth: October 1899, Sunderland, Durham

Date and Place of Death: 8 March 1966, 6 Belmont Avenue, Eaglesfield, (Middlebie), Dumfries-shire (Scotland’s people)

Nationality: English

Biography

Childhood: 1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham with 4 sisters

Parents: Death certificate almost impossible to read from Scotland’s people Thought to be John William Blenkinsop b Apr 1871 and Ellen b1872 d July 1925 Sunderland Durham who married in about 1894 (1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham. …

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William Francis McGlasson

William Francis McGlasson 1870-1940 

William Francis McGlasson was born in Annan on 23rd November 1870 to John , an innkeeper and Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ nee McDougal(l).  

 His parents married at Dryfesdale, Lockerbie on 11th April, 1864. John was 24 at the time and described as an innkeeper’ son, Elizabeth 23 described as a barmaid. …

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James Carter Spensley

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :  James Carter Spensley.  Reference 1 

 

Gender: Male 

Date and Place of Birth: 1866 Reference 1:  11 November 1886 Reference 2.…

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John Thomas Tuddenham

JOHN THOMAS TUDDENHAM

Date and place of birth :  8 June 1885 Dornock, Dumfriesshire

Date and place of Death :  1976 Registration District of Northumberland NF

Nationality: British

Biography:  John grew up with his siblings:

Parents: Thomas Tuddenham married Agnes Brunskill in Longtown District 1881

Parents occupation :  Thomas was a Gamekeeper

Schools Universities attended and years of attendance –Not known

Place of residence at Gretna:  Foulsyke House, Eastriggs

Job at Gretna:  Not known

Before the war John was a Rabbit Catcher, but after the war he worked as a Gamekeeper.…

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