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Looks like she went as Blanche or Blanch Dixon born around 1882 and died in 1920. Gravetstone here: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/40735908?p=14531271&returnLabel=Blanche%20Lily%20May%20Dixon%20(LD5S-5WZ)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLD5S-5WZ

Following possible birth records:

• Blanch Dixon (1882 Birmingham, MMN:Smith)
• Blanche Dixon (1882 Goole, MMN:Whiteley)
• Blanche Dixon (1882 Aylsham, MMN: Hickling)

Looks like she married Joseph Duxbury in UK in 1903 and travelled over as Blanche Duxbury to US and then onto Canada. Struggling to find marriage record though,

(Blanche & family arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 3 Dec 1909Passenger List: "Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935", Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-4735, Ancestry Record 1263 #4427811 (accessed 23 December 2023), Vessel: Victorian; Gender: Female; Birth Year: abt 1882; Arrival Port: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Departure Port: Liverpool, England; Arrival Date: 3 Dec 1909; Name: Blanche Duxbury; Arrival Age: 27.)

Died as Blanche Reed in 1920.

Was Duxbury in 1918 but gave birth to Rease Golden Reed in 1918.

Second marriage was William Walter Reed -

Can see that Joseph Duxbury has stated he is divorced to his new marriage in 1919 - https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/2669894?p=1109737&returnLabel=Joseph%20Duxbury%20(L7FS-1WX)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL7FS-1WX

Found an ancestry that states the following for possible parents:

• Ralph Nicholson Dixon (1835)
• Selina Smith (1851-1892)

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17414157:1075?ssrc=pt&tid=4933448&pid=7005133197 - which is the Border Crossing to US to Canada - States she was born in Birmingham.

Listed as Blanche Reed on death certificate of son: Blanche's son Alfred A Duxbury died on 24 Aug 1975 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.Death of son Alfred A Duxbury: "Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014", Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9278 #751980861 (accessed 23 December 2023), Blanche Dixon in death record for son Alfred A Duxbury 24 Aug 1975, wife of Joseph Duxbury, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.)