A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 19th January 1870 ...

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.]

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

 A Farm Journal continues :~

1870

1st Mo[nth] 7th day filling kiln in Moss Field

3 - 4 Fine day M[onthly] M[eeting] at B[akewe]ll S.A. & I there to Ashford to dine - self to Chester even[in]g

5 - 6 Fine day at C. met Mr. Taylor at Elphicks agreed to sign bond to be prep[are]d £250 - looked over Farm at S[an]dyCroft busy thrash[in]g - back as far as M[an]chester

6 - 7 Fine & mild RA & I to Longstone met Maria & John [surname indecipherable] & Willy S.A. met me home in even[in]g

7 - 8 Fine [Brownson here to take inventory of effects 3 - 4] lead[in]g manure at S.H.

5 - 13 Thrash[e]d at Cales in even[in]g attended meet[in]g in Methodist Chapel called by W[illia]m Meader - of the divided sect of Friends - W.M. spoke nicely said that his mission was not to call to this sector the other but to invite all to come to Jesus & be saved to work out their own salvation - to come out from the evil & look to our own states not knowing how long we may be spared Invited them here to lodge & took them down to M.A.'s in morn[in]g - hope there was no harm done

2nd day 17 Very foggy B[akewe]ll market & Farmers club dinner - did not dine - on to Ashford to tea home even[in]g 

3 & 4 winterly weather - lead[in]g manure out Cales - fin[isin]g plough[in]g S.H. etc - Fine frosty weather  

A Farm Journal ~ 8th November to 4th December 1869 ...

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.]

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

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

2 - 8 Very windy indeed B[akewe]ll merket - 6 cows down for Jos[eph] Lee - sold him 7 heifers £10 10/-& 2 calving cows £37 - Ashford to tea & home - beasts selling well & sheep & pigs

 

3 - 9 to 2 -15 Wet & windy weather sharp frost mid last week & snow gone on 6th day 15 B[akewe]ll Fair took beasts down for Jos[eph] Lee - sold cheese to Etches 71/- pigs 8/- very brisk fair for all classes

 

to 7 - 27 Pitted corn turnips in Ridge piece & cut swedes except a few at S.H. good crops plough[e]d & sow[e]d swede gr[oun]d at Cales with Rye 

 

to 7th - 4th 12 Mo[nth] very stormy week 6 in[ches] of snow[e]d [sic] to Chesterf[iel]d on 4th day M[onthly] M[eeting] very heavy travelling W & E* with me Self to Nott[ingha]m & Norm[an]t[o]n & home on 6th day

 

7 -4th thaw[in]g very sloppy 11 pigs sold to J. Skidmore of Sheffield took to B[akewe]ll to truck one tippled over in lane & had to Kill - dress[e]d & sent by coach in even[in]g  

 

 

* I assume W & E are his brothers, William and Ebenezer 

A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 7th November 1869 ...

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.]

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

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

11 Mo[nth] 1869

 

2 day 1 Showery day Self to Nott[ingha]m met bro[ther] W[illia]m & J.A. all in John's gig to High field farm under W[illia]m Fortieth [sic] 470 ac[res] mostly plough stiffish clay rent asked 23/- p[e]r ac[re] 4 course system - has been overrun with game especially rabbits game let to Haddon* of Nott[ingha]m hosier - House a curious building 4 square & high roof chimneys in stack in centre date 1729 - Goodwin of Gamston - steward a nice man - left with him to ask about the rabbits as I would not take without having the control of them - self ret[urne]d home

 

3 - 2  Fine turnips - 4 pigs to H.Nelson at 8/-

 

4 - 3 Fine S.A. & I to Matlock M[onthly] M[eeting]

 

5 - 4 Very windy stormy day Jos[ep]h Lee came sold 6 barren cows at S.H. 72£ - Tups to theaves

 

6 - 5 Showery cheese fr[om] S.H. to T. Orr Longstone @ 70/- 

 

7 - 6 Fine day emptying Kiln Moss field - Ewes to Tups -

 

 

* Rather than 'Haddon' this may be 'Hadden' ~ Frederick J. Hadden ~ who lived in Nottingham Park [according to the 1861 Census Return] and was a hosier. Apart from his family he had a governess, a footman, a housemaid, a cook, a kitchenmaid and three nurses. Probably the sort of man who would be able to afford to rent the shooting on a farm.  

A Farm Journal ~ 21st to the 30th October 1869 ...

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.]

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

 A Farm Journal continues :~

5 - 21 Fine but cold U & A[unt] W[ilson] to Ashford & S.A. at Kiln etc & ditto weather

[no entries for the 22nd, 23rd or 24th October 1869]

2 - 25 Fine but cold N wind sold S H cheese to Orr 70/-

3 - 26 very hard frost

4 - 27 Ditto bitter cold Chas Young & Geo Wallwin* to weigh swedes & corn. turnips for prize

5 - 28 Ditto weather to Ashford to dine & bro[ugh]t U[ncle] & A[unt] Wilson home

6 - 29 Fine frosty day W.N. fin[ished] Kiln Moss field & lit

7 - 30 Fine but no frost W.N. began to cut swedes & pit corn turnips in Ridge piece - Haven Fair beast sold well & sheep too slender show - foals 10 to 12£ 

* This may have been the George Wallwin who would have been 36 years of age or thereabouts in 1869. In the 1871 Census Return he was 38 and lived at Ashford Millhouse and was described as a farmer and corn miller. He had been born in Elton and lived with his wife, Hannah, who was ten years younger and had been born in Bakewell. Also in the Millhouse at the time of the Census was his daughter, Elizabeth, aged 2 years of age. They had a 19 year old General Servant, Clara Marples, who had been born in Bakewell, and a farm labourer, Luke Burn, who was 44 and married, and who had been born in Roscommon, Ireland. There is no mention of his wife and/or children.

Any reader who knows the area may be interested to read that ten years later in 1881 George Wallwin farmed 600 acres at Meadowplace and they had five children [including Elizabeth]. They also had five servants/farm workers, one of whom was Isaac Spencer from Over Haddon who was described as a sheppard !

Who do I think I am ? [14] ~ are these two photographs of the same man ? An update !

Simple question really. 

Are these two photographs of the same man ?

 

I know the photo on the right is my great great grandfather Ebenezer Bowman who was born on the 18th December 1821. A Quaker, he lived at One Ash Grange, Monyash, though by 1891 according to the Census Return and aged 70, he was living at The Common, Brimington, near Chesterfield.

The photograph on the left has been scanned from a negative photograph and then I was able to make it a positive. On the back of the photograph it says "Ebenezer Bowman when he was an old man ?". It's the question mark that throws some doubt on this being Ebenezer. It's in my writing as well.

What do you think ? 


Added on the 29th March 2013 after 14 comments [including seven responses by me].

It occurred to me that the photo of the older Ebenezer [having been scanned from a negative] also needed to be reversed or flipped so as to show how he really looked. Here is that reversed image ...



This shows Ebenezer's parting on the right side of his head and usually a parting only works on one side doesn't it ? More importantly this shows not a cleft in his chin but a small scar. If you look at the younger photo it is more obvious. It is also just to the right of centre of his chin. Anyway, I tend to think I agree with everyone that this looks like the same man ... with perhaps 30 years or more between them.

Who do I think I am ? [13 ~ Part 2] ~ the family at 151 Coggins Row, Hodthorpe ...

Following on from yesterday's blog here are details of who sat on the front row in the photo below. Most of the information in italics came from a deceased uncle [and I apologise if what he says seems inappropriate. He was a straight speaking man] ...

 

NANCY [on the left at the front] ~ "skivvying all her life - spinster until she was 60, then she married Joe Colclough. She was always a bit slow" [I told you he could be straight speaking but what do I do for the sake of family history ? Fudge it ... or report what he told me ?] Nancy doesn't appear in the 1911 Census Return with the rest of the family.

LILY [second from the left] ~ "the domineering one ~ bright girl ~ worked at the George Inn, Whitwell, then head housekeeper at Epsom College, Epsom. Didn't marry. Lived at Whitwell ~ her and Nancy fought like mad. Wordly, intelligent, a bit of a snob ~ died 1975 [ish]" According to the 1911 Census Return Lily [or Lilian as she is called in the Census] was single, aged 26, and a Cook's assistant at a hotel in Chollerford, Northumberland. Her birthplace was given as 'Yorks. Harthill'.

HENRY [third from the left and my great grandfather] ~ "went to work on a farm at Belph Grange [part of the Welbeck Estate] when he was 10. In the 1871 census [when he was 14] he was an Indoor Domestic Servant at Belph Grange - as soon as he could get away from Belph [he was "tied" there] - he went to Wraighton Farm the other side of Worksop [where he worked for the Mellish family and others]. He subsequently became the farm bailiff at Hall Leys Farm, Hodthorpe [where my grandad was born]. [My late uncle also made some mention of Sammy Booth at Bonder Farm ~ did Henry work for him too ?] Henry was a very strong character. He was 96 when he died in 1947 [or thereabouts]. He worked into his 70s. For many years he wouldn't speak to his mother. He was brought up by David F......" There's a mystery as regards Henry ~ who were his mother and father ? In the 1861 Census Return his parents are named as David [61] and Sarah [62]. Henry was only 4 at the time so this would have meant his parents would have been in their late 50s when he was born ... Henry is named as their son. More likely their grandson I suspect.

  SARAH ANN [nee White] [fourth from the left and my great grandmother] ~ "came from Barlborough and St. Helens [or even Wigan]. Sarah was a servant girl at Springfield Farm [owned by Mellish]. Her father before working in the pit was a clogmaker. Died about 1926."  Did she have some connection with Hebden Bridge ? My grandad, Albert had two aunts there ~ one had a pie shop where the millworkers bought their pies. One of Fred's daughters lived there on an isolated farm ... back in the 1980s/1990s this was.

 ALICE [second from the right] ~ "married Bill Atkins from Whitwell She was [had been ?] in service and had four sons by Bill Atkins but left him and supported herself. Bill Atkins wouldn't work." According to my late uncle Bill Atkins wasn't very pleasant. I apologise for any descendants of Bill Atkins who read this !

Finally, RUTH [on the right] ~ "lived in Sheffield. Went to work the other side of Sheffield. Met and married Edwin Smith ~ he wouldn't work either. She had six children and was always on the breadline."  ]. According to the 1911 Census Return Ruth was Anice Ruth ...

Some of the women in the family don't seem to have fared quite as well as the men ... or was it always thus ? Or was it my uncle who had some fairly jaundiced views ?

I could have posted this a few hours ago but I kept looking up different things. Once you start ...

Who do I think I am ? [12] ~ my paternal grandparents ...

My father's parents were married 105 years ago in the Methodist church less than a mile from where I live.

There are no photographs of the wedding [which is a shame] as it appears that my grandfather's sister, Daisy, forgot to organise the photographer ... or so I have been told.

I didn't know of the existence of this newspaper report until my cousin sent me a copy.

Like so many steps forward in a family tree it results in a step backwards ... or at least sidewards. You see I know of three of the four bridesmaids listed ~ in fact I have photographs of them ~ but "Miss Gertrude Tetlow of Pendleton, sister of the mother of the bride" raises a few questions. The mother of the bride was of course my great grandmother, Agnes Ellen Wagstaffe nee Knowles ... and yet Miss Gertrude Tetlow is her sister. Something doesn't make sense.

In trying to trace my great grandmother's parents, I've been looking for the Knowles family. Is it somehow entwined with the Tetlow family ? Have I got the wrong family ... or is there an error in the newspaper report ? That's something to look into ... and part of the fun of trying to track down your ancestors.

Here's a transcript of the newspaper report forwarded by my cousin, Faye.

I'll tell you what, you don't get report like this in local newspapers nowadays.