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| Name |
Joseph Witherspoon |
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Male |
| Person ID |
I90942 |
Lasbury Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Wife |
Ann Waggott
b. 1829, Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK  |
| Marriage |
5 Jun 1853 |
Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Witherspoon
b. 1854, Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK
d. 1907, Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK (Age 53 years) |
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| Family ID |
F37822 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Marriage - 5 Jun 1853 - Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK |
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| Notes |
- The Witherspoon family owned The Vineries in Chester Le Street, where Henry Ferguson Mole lived at his death in 1961.
Joseph Witherspoon patented a greenhouse boiler and was the first person to grow tomatoes in the English mainland.
He also grew grapes and used to send the first of each crop to Disraeli and to Gladstone. There are letters written to him by each, calling him "Dear Joe" and thanking him.
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