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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Primm and Propper, post: 326824, member: 6442&quot;]Hi V, Don&#039;t know if this helps -&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Jackson Ditchburn, set up a furniture factory in Sunderland in 49 Villiers Street and it expanded into to a large factory on the same premises and it was then passed to the Sons: Billy (William Edward) Richard (Dick) Joseph &amp; Leslie. Following the bust up of the brothers it was taken over by Billy. They set up Ditchburns Ltd, Dependable Products Ltd in addition to having many fingers in many other pies in the North East of England. Billy also became Mayor of Sunderland and Chairman of the Sunderland Football Club SAFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&amp;m=15&amp;p=surnames.ditchburn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&amp;m=15&amp;p=surnames.ditchburn" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&amp;m=15&amp;p=surnames.ditchburn</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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