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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 629 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Didsbury family of Durham City

Covering Dates: 1768-1877

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Papers relating to the Didsbury Family, 1768 - 1877 (Ref: D/X 629/1-15)

Catalogue Description

Material deposited on long term loan,

1 October 1980
(Acc: 1255(D))

Catalogue Contents

Papers relating to the Didsbury Family, 1768 - 1877 (Ref: D/X 629/1-15)Ref: D/X 629/1

Apprenticeship indenture of John, son of John Didsbury of St. James's, Middlesex, to Robert Thompson, framework knitter of London, 18 August 1768
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 629/2

Admission of John Didsbury to the freedom of frame work knitter, London, 13 April 1779
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 629/3

Certified copy of the baptism certificate of John, son of John and Harriet Didsbury born 24 May, and baptised 17 June 1801 at St. Anne's Church, Westminster, 26 September 1831
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/4

Certified copy, in French of D/X 629/3 above, 16 January 1854
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/5

Genealogical notes relating to members of the Didsbury family, 22 September 1778 - 22 May 1804
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/6

Oath of allegiance to William IV, sworn by John Didsbury on admission to the freedom of the Society of Cordwainers, Durham City, 7 February 1831
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/7

Letter from [Harriet Didsbury] to John Didsbury at Paris giving news of family and friends, 6 January 1836
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/8

Typescript transcript of part of D/X 629/7 above, n.d.
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/X 629/9

Letter from John Didsbury at Durham to his wife at London concerning obtaining his freedom and voting in the election, mentions Mr. Lambton and Mr. Taylor [candidates?], acquaintances and entertainments, n.d., c. 1830
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/10

Typescript transcript of D/X 629/9 above, n.d.
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/X 629/11

Passport, in French, issued to John Didsbury and his 18-year-old son, to travel to America from Le Havre, 24 September 1849
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/12

Certified copy of the birth certificate of Maria Harriet Didsbury in Paris, 8 March 1837, signed by Thomas Pickford, British Consul in Paris, 1 April 1857
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/13

Certified copy of the marriage dated 25 April 1857, of Edward Dubalen of America and Maria Harriet Didsbury domiciled in France, at the American Embassy in Paris, 3 January 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 629/14

Autograph of Henry M. Stanley (the African traveller), presented to Montague J. J. Penley at Brighton, 1872
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 629/15

Letter from Montague J. J. Penley at Brighton to "my dear Henry" [Didsbury], with invitation to stay at Brighton before leaving England, 1877
(1 paper)



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