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     Eric C Greathead was born in 1942 in Buckrose, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of Charles James Greathead and Doris Chambers. He died in 1943 in Holderness, Yorkshire, England.²

     Michael Greathead died in 1937 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was born in 1937 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.² He was the son of Charles James Greathead and Doris Chambers.

     Christopher B Greathead was born in 1924 in Lanchester, Durham, England.¹ He was the son of ... Armstrong. He married Evelyn K Quinn in 1948 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.² He died in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.³

     Evelyn K Quinn married Christopher B Greathead, son of ... Armstrong, in 1948 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.¹

     Ethel Egglestone was born about 1888.¹ She married John Greathead, son of George Greathead and Mary Ann Moses, on 13 October 1906 in Register Office, Chester le Street, Durham, England.² She died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England, sadly he also lost four of his children in that year.³ She was buried on 4 September 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD160 together with her daughters Violet and Ethel. Her son Augustus was buried in plot OD 138 and her daughter Priscilla in plot OD 157. All five died in 1915.⁴

     William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780 and became the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812) and a close friend of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. In 1785, he underwent a conversion experience and became an evangelical Christian, resulting in changes in his lifestyle and in his interest in reform. In 1787, he came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of anti-slave trade activists, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Lord Middleton. They persuaded Wilberforce to take on the cause of abolition; and he soon became one of the leading English abolitionists, heading the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade until the eventual passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Wilberforce was convinced of the importance of religion, morality, and education. He also championed other causes and campaigns, including the Society for Suppression of Vice, the introduction of Christianity to India, the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone, the foundation of the Church Mission Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His underlying conservatism led him to support politically and socially repressive legislation and resulted in criticism that he was ignoring injustices at home while campaigning for the enslaved abroad. In later years, Wilberforce supported the campaign for complete abolition of slavery, and continued his involvement after his 1826 resignation from Parliament due to ill health. The campaign eventually led to the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833, which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire. Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was secure. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt. William Wilberforce, of Kingston-upon-Hull, the great philanthropist; M.P. for Hull 1780, for Yorkshire 1784, 1790, 1793, 1802, 1806 and 1807-12, and for Bramber, 1812-25. He became the parliamentary leader of the cause of abolition of slavery 1787. He introduced a resolution condemning slave-trade 1789, and had a motion for its gradual abolition carried by the House of Commons 1791. The bill for total abolition of the slave trade defeated several times but passed by the Commons 1804, then twice rejected by House of Lords It finally became law on 25 March 1807. He was a prominent member of the Clapham 'saints', centred around the evangelical church of the Holy Trinity, and set himself the aim for the 'Reform of Manners' - the development of a more moral society. He took part in founding Church Missionary Society, 1798, and Bible Society, 1803,the RSPCA and many other causes, to which he gave most of his fortune. He was the friend of Pitt, Raffles, Fox, Sheridan, and many more of the eminent men of his time, and author of many religious and philanthropic works including "Christianity, a Practical View" He was educated in Pocklington, and St. John's College, Cambridge.¹ William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Wilberforce House, High Street, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of Robert Wilberforce and Elizabeth Bird. William is mentioned in the will of Sarah Greathed who stated that William Willberforce was the brother of Sarah the wife of her brother Edward.² He married Barbara Anne Spooner on 30 May 1797 in Woolcot, Bath, Somerset, England, William and Barbara had six children William, Barbara, Elizabeth, Robert, Samuel and Henry.¹ He died on 29 July 1833 in Chelsea, London, England, aged 73.¹ He was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.¹

     Augustus Greathead was born in 1912 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.¹ He was the son of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. He died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.² He was buried on 29 May 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD138. George Morton aged 9 months was also buried in that plot on 6 May 1915. Augustus sisters Priscilla and Mary and their mother were buried in plot OD157 and sister Violet in OD 160. All four siblings and their mother died in 1915.³

     Priscilla Greathead was born in 1914 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. She died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.² She was buried on 19 July 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD157. Her sisters Violet and Mary and their mother were buried in plot OD160 and her brother Augustus in plot OD138. All five died in 1915.³

     Violet Greathead died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.¹ She was born in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.² She was the daughter of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. She was buried on 31 December 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD160. Her sister Priscilla was buried in plot OD157, her other sisters Violet and Mary and their mother in plot OD160 and her brother Augustus in plot OD138. All five died in 1915.³

     Ann Davis married William Farnsworth on 1 March 1808 in St Anne Church, Westminster, London, England.^1,2 She died before 1851.³