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     Thomas Sheldon married Lily Eleanor Robinson, daughter of William Francis Robinson and Janet Ann Millar, in 1908.¹

     Amos Arthur Sheldon married Edith Annie Robinson, daughter of William Francis Robinson and Janet Ann Millar, on 27 September 1906.¹ His wife Edith died on 7 May 1955 in 311 Thornaby Road, Thornaby on Tees, Yorkshire, England, aged 74.^2,1 He witnessed the probate of the estate of Edith Annie Sheldon on 14 July 1955.¹

     Leonard Firby Edmondson was born in December 1912 in Gateshead, Durham, England.^1,2 He was the son of Arthur William Edmondson and Elizabeth Rickaby.¹ Len was educated at Gateshead Central School, where he achieved distinction in English, Arithmetic and book-keeping. He left school at 15 and was launched onto the labour market in the depths of the depression. His first job was for a haulage contractor where he said his life as a negotiator began when he was offered five shillings a week but pushed them up to eight. His ‘triumph’ was short lived. His next demand brought the sack. After a spell out of work he secured an apprenticeship as anengineering fitter at the Liner Concrete Machinery Company on the banks of Ouseburn in Byker. That was in 1929 and in the twenty years that followed he worked in fourteen engineering shops on the Tyne, and was a shop steward in nine of them. Depression and war made this an extremely tough period for trade unionism. He developed a reputation as a confident and very well informed negotiator. Two successes are well remembered. His work brought apprenticeship to semi-skilled machinists and the engineers secured a limit to over-time, thereby creating jobs for the unemployed.¹ In the early nineteen fifties he became an elected full-time official of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, becoming a member of the Executive Council in 1966. He was also President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. He always identified himself with the left wing of the union, supporting Hugh Scanlon in a celebrated contest for the leadership of the AEU in 1968. He retired as an official in 1977. In 1976 he was appointed to the Royal Commission on Legal Services.¹ Leonard died on 20 November 2006 aged 93.¹

     Elizabeth Rickaby was born in 1887 in Darlington, Durham, England.^2,3 She married Arthur William Edmondson, son of George Firby Edmondson and Jane Elizabeth Newton, in 1907 in Gateshead, Durham, England.^1,4 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 13 Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Durham, England, she was listed as the wife of Arthur William Edmondson.⁵ Elizabeth died on 9 November 1950 in 13 Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Durham, England.^6,7 Administration papers were issued with a will on 10 February 1951 in Gateshead to her husband Arthur a retired frunaceman. Her estate was valued at £131 11s 0d.⁷

     Joseph William Edmondson was born in 1909 in Gateshead, Durham, England.² He was the son of Arthur William Edmondson and Elizabeth Rickaby.¹ In the census of 2 April 1911 in 13 Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of Arthur William Edmondson.³

     Arthur Leslie Edmondson was born in 1908 in Gateshead, Durham, England.² He was the son of Arthur William Edmondson and Elizabeth Rickaby.¹ In the census of 2 April 1911 in 13 Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of Arthur William Edmondson.³

     Brenda Edmondson was the daughter of Leonard Firby Edmondson.¹ Brenda had two children, Nicola and Rachel and a grand daughter Rosie.¹

     William Arthur Robertson married Clarice Firby Edmondson, daughter of George Firby Edmondson and Jane Elizabeth Newton, in 1916 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.^1,2

     Florence A Pevler was born in March 1912 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.¹ She married Gordon Bryce Kelsey, son of James Bryce Kelsey and Edith Emily Edmondson, in September 1933 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.¹ Florence died in June 1937 aged 25.¹

     Agnes Vintcent married John Xavier Merriman, son of Nathaniel James Merriman and Julia Potter, in 1874 in South Africa.¹

     Derek B P Kelsey was born on 28 February 1934 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.¹ He was the son of Gordon Bryce Kelsey and Florence A Pevler.¹ Derek died in August 2003 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, aged 69.¹

     Margaret Mackie was born about 1917.¹ She married Philip Henry Tim Le Riche.¹

     Marcel Denis was born in Belgium.¹ He married Audrey N H Gudgeon, daughter of Edgar Vincent Halliday Gudgeon and Norah Edith Greathead, in 1946.¹ Marcel died on 2 March 1965.¹

     Denys Bernard Marr married Audrey N H Denis, daughter of Edgar Vincent Halliday Gudgeon and Norah Edith Greathead, on 5 July 1986.¹ Denys died on 22 January 1994.¹

     Joseph Pilley married Elizabeth F ...¹

     Elizabeth F ... married Joseph Pilley.¹

     Charles Barrett married Rosetta ...¹

     Rosetta ... married Charles Barrett.¹

     Ruth ... married John Rowley in 1859.¹

     Robert Augustus Berkholz married Phoebe Madeline ...¹

     Phoebe Madeline ... married Robert Augustus Berkholz.¹