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Joseph Wood Lauderdale was born on 27 May 1873. He was the son of John and Jane and was baptised in Bellingham on 29 June 1873. John was a gamekeeper at Woodhead, Bellingham in 1881 and at Reedsmouth Mill in 1891. Joseph’s mother died on 28 July 1887. Joseph in 1891 was working as an agricultural labourer. There appears to be no record of Joseph in the 1901 Census but on 19 August 1903 he married Agnes Ellen Hood in Rothbury. The couple had a daughter, Dorothy May in 1905. In 1911 he and Agnes were living at 6 Wilson Street, Newton in Carlisle and he was a railway guard. His job obviously involved spells based away from home and in the 1930 electoral register he was living at 148 Cardigan Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle. He died in Cumberland on 27 April 1949 although his permanent address was [[1 Cruddas Terrace]]. In his will he left £619 – 0 - 2. 

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