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.
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.
"A Farm Journal" continues :~
12 Mo[nth] 1 - 1 Showery
2 - 2 Very stormy last night gr[oun]d cov[ere]d & hard frost - very cold North wind last night & all day Fair - cows lay in at S.H. calf dead at S.H. speed & 1 at Cales - foddered young things with straw - co[u]s[in] H[enr]y B[owman] came over sold the duck bill[e]d cow at Cales £8 - another calf dead at Cales speed - 3rd lost
3 Ditto weather Co[u]s[in] E & self to Ashford all night
4 - 4 Very cold N. E. windy frosty & slippy Co[u]s[in] E & self to Chesterfield M[onthly] M[eeting] horse fell in Chesterfield got sharpened also wings put to gig etc at Scots off home by Ashford even[in]g - Father has had a very bad cough but better
5 - 5 more snow - rather softer snow[e]d at times during day turned N in evening again - yearling bullock calf at Cales jumped onto the calf shed & broke hind leg above hock - set it as well as could - calves & cows lie in young stock out have straw - cow calf from Mills 35/-
6 - 6 still hard frost gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow W.N.E.
to 3 - 10 Wet night began thawing took bosgin stones for W[illia]m to Moor. Kill[e]d 2 pigs at S.H. 1 for us [st14-12] & 1 for Tho[ma]s Mycock [st15-2] Kill[e]d ewe at Cales had Inflam[matio]n
4 - 11 Showery & very windy North west Thrash[e]d at Cales lead swedes down complete thaw gr[oun]d bare
5 - 12 Very windy but fair & fine North - plough[in]g cutting rem[ainde]r of swedes off Pewet Knobs
6 - 13 Ditto
7 - 14 Very showery winnow[e]d at Cales
1 - 15 Very wet
