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JOHN RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1820-22 @ Holt. A master ironfounder & brass. Living @ Bodham by 1842 Wife MARY ? b. abt 1821 @ Beckham. Presumably the MARY, wife of JOHN, who died 19/01/1876 & buried @ Lower Bodham.  JOHN was a widower by 1881 census. John employed 6 men & 2 boys according to 1881 census. According to White's Directory of 1883 JOHN RISEBOROUGH & SON were blacksmiths, ironfounders, machinists & implement makers @ Bodham & Weybourne. By 1891 his brother JAMES, b. abt 1815 @ Holt, was living with him.  JOHN & MARY'S issue:

JOHN RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1842 @ Bodham , d. 20/08/1911. Buried @ Lower Bodham. Blacksmith with his father, see above. Wife SUSAN, b. abt 1841 @ Langham, d. 28/02/1911 buried @ Lower Bodham. Dressmaker.  Ref: BOD/1
EMMA RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1848 @ Bodham
ALFRED RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1850-53 @ Bodham. An engine smith & blacksmith. No mention of a wife. Still single & a farmer by 1901 census
ANNA RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1854 @ Bodham. Unmar' and housekeeper.  Still single by 1901 census
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BOD/1 JOHN RISEBOROUGH & SUSAN's issue:
HERBERT RISEBOROUGH b. abt 1865 @ Bodham, d. 06/02/1957 & buried @ Lower Bodham. A blacksmith.  Wife BETSY or BESSIE,  b. abt 1869 @ Bodham, d. 17/03/1936 & buried @ Lower Bodham.Living in Sherringham Rd, Bodham, by 1901 census
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Unplaced at the moment: JAMES RICHARD RISEBRO b. abt 1882 d. abt 22/01/1925 & buried @ Lower Bodham.
       "           "         "       : presumed wife of JAMES RICHARD RISEBRO:  GERTRUDE MAY RISEBRO b. abt 1878 d. 06/01/1960 & buried @ Lower Bodham.
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