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Mildred Fulham 1a 686. Certificate says: 1 April 1908, Edgar Claxton 25 bachelor assistant settlement officer St Marylebone, address 13 Hallam Street St Marylebone, father Jesse Claxton registrar of births and deaths. Nellie Mildred Petty was 24,
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Northwood, Nellie Mildred Claxton age 61, wife of Edgar Claxton a committee clerk (LCC), her husband was present at the
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Woodhead – The Electric Railway (Scenes From The Past 29, Part 3)
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517:(1960). This brochure details "the completion of Stage One,
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1665:Marples, Ernest (26 October 1960).
1249:. Foxline Publishing. p. 152.
631:Institution of Electrical Engineers
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613:In 1946 when Claxton was living in
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625:. He was a Fellow of the
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1531:Claxton, Edgar (1960).
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609:Awards and institutions
1761:People from Marylebone
1566:. Science Museum Group
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1716:British Rail people
1510:barrowmoremrg.co.uk
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