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Brantford

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Marmaduke Furness, son of Christopher Furness was born in November 1883 at Brantford, Rift House. In 1885, Christopher Furness was living there still while his brother lived next door in the large bungalow The Laurels(demolished in the 1980s-90s)

The house was presumably named after Brantford, Ontario, Canada where Christopher had an office and traded in 1882. The SS Brantford City was built by Sir William Gray in 1880.

By 1894, Henry Withy and family were living in Brantford. The house was demolished in the 1930s and the area became a market garden. (HHT&N 774)

Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Service" collection

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