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Baptism Record of John Yorke, 1776
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Baptism record of John Yorke, 1776
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Photograph of George Yorke, grandson of John Yorke
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Mrs Jenny Thornton (nee Yorke) as a child
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Transcript of the 1776 record of the village of Marske, Yorkshire
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A family tree showing six generations of the descendants of John Yorke
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