A Farm Journal ~ 1st February 1870 to 2nd March 1870

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...

 

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4 - 1st 2nd Mo[nth[ 1870 self worse sick all day - at night had to send for Dr. Moffat of Hawarden who reported Scarlet fever so I was booked for a season of bed - had the fever mildly & went on satisfactorily

 

7 - 4th Jesse went home again the men on the farm are plough[in]g or lead[in]g manure

 

15th I was well enough to get dress[e]d & be in the room upstairs - in another week I managed to get down stairs

 

23rd I went out for a walk 1st time & next day 5th day 24th bro[ther] W[illia]m came - was very pleased to see him - he looked round & saw about things I think nothing has gone much wrong - helped to put my a/c right

 

7 - 26 Fine bro[ther] W[illia]m left - he would call at Ashford & see F & M

 

1 - 27 to 4 day 2nd of 3 Mo[nth] - fine up to 4th day - wet - had been working land for beans & lints - 4 wet day no work on land - S.A. & Lucy Ann to Chester to shop etc - expected bro[ther] Eben[ezer] but not come - I did not get out today as it was wet - only have 1 lamb yet - the engine broke down but they are getting it mended at the works - it is a great convenience having being so near a smiths shop 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th March 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

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3rd Mo[nth] 1st day 1st Very snowy wet day W.N.W.

 

2 - 2 B[akewe]ll market Fine morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n bo[ugh]t 4 y[ea]r old calf Jos[eph] Smith in calf for April £12 10/- one in market heifer £12 2/6 2 of G.Allsop B[akewe]ll 1 in calf Ladyday £16 1 for 12 May £9 - 6 y[ea]r[s] old

 

3 - 3 stormy morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n self to Longnor Market sold 12 gr [?] old Bl[ac]k oats 27/- for 22 stone ddr [?]

 

4 - 4 Fine day

 

5 - 5 Ditto 4 ton cake from P[arsley] Hay to Cales 2 ton L-Amer £10 15/- 2 ton Cott £7 - Wm & I join

 

6 - 6 Fine to Longnor 7 gr [?] old bl[ac]k oats self to Nott[ingha]m

 

7 - 7 Fine morn[in]g wet even[in]g plough[in]g turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough

 

1 - 8 Stormy day

 

2 - 2 Fine at Nott[ingha]m Self to Norm[anto]n with co[u]s[in] H[enr]y looked sound his & Woodruffs stock & on to Derby to meet S[arah] A[nn] & lad ret[urnin]g home - found all well

 

4 - 4 to 4 -18 changeable weather wind snow storms & frost & rain plough[e]d part of turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough - [next word indecipherable] some walls - calves doing well 17 Cales 11 S.H. 

 

 

John Bayliff Bowman lost me once or twice in this section of journal ... sorry.  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th February 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

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7 - 1st 2 Mo[nth] - very Stormy wet & windy night & day tremendous wind - Flower cow cast calf at Cales

3 - 4 rather stormy morn[in]g - finish[e]d plough[in]g 

4 - 5 Windy but fair M[onthly] M[eeting] at Matlock bank met at Clara J. Stevens - nice meet[in]g - Tho[ma]s Hartras there & several Irish friends visitors - home with F[ather] & M[other] in their carriage - began to rebuild wall dale side of Lit[tle] Lamb pasture

7 - 8 Stormy morn[in]g N.E. with snow at times

1 - 9 Fine

2 -10 Ditto walling in Lamb Pasture

5 - 13 Fine day thrash[e]d & gr[oun]d mung etc W[illia]m at Cales doing cake breaker

6 - 14 Fine spring like day S[arah] A[nn Armitage] & Baby & I to Ashford J[ohn] A[rmitage] & Maria R.A.B[rayshaw ?] & children there

7 - 15 Rather colder north wind with hail at times get[tin]g stone lamb pasture

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 17th to the 30th September 1867

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

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3 - 17 Fine but very cold N.E. Wind Self to Nott[ingha]m Q[uarterly] M[eeting] & back - very interesting occasion - there were B. Braithwaite, Ewd Smith, R. Fry, Jon[athan] Grubb of Y[early] M[eeting] Committee to meeting of ministers & Elders who gave us some excellent advice & spoke to the Binghamites we must not judge one another but do all we can to help each other by word & deed to continue on our heavenward journey & endeavour to act as Christians

 

5 - 19 Fine Mary A came - Thrashed rye winnow[e]d etc at corn in Watricle 

 

6 - 20 began N[ethe]r Intake corn

 

2 - 23 Very wet to fetch Dr. after breakfast & mother from Ashford to S.A. sold Widdowson 6 [?] brown cows 13 5/- J Hemsley - Shelton to O.A. bo[ugh]t some calves

 

3 - 24 Fine day Baby born about 4 oclock this morn[in]g - a very fine lad

 

4 - 25 Fine corn cutting 45 Irish heifers came £6 10/- each

 

5 - 26 Fine

 

6 - 27 Fine cutt[in]g corn to 3 - 30 

 

S.A. was John Bayliff Bowman's wife, Sarah Ann [formerly Armitage]. It seems therefore that on the 24th September 1867 their first child was born.