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.]
3 - 1st 9 Mo[nth] Fine day lead[in]g manure at Cales sold Large Mountney 11 fat sheep off rape £2 each
4 - 2 Fine & hot self to B[akewe]ll early to join Father Lucy Ann & Co[u]s[in] Eliza to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] & home even[in]g
5 - 3 Ditto weather John Kirkam [sic] to look at lambs but not sold - sold 4 fat pigs Jim Harrison - F[ather] & M[other] came to tea & stayed till 7 day even[in]g
6 - 4 Fine & hot F[ather] & I went round the farm in morn[in]g
7 - 5 Ditto Dipped 93 lambs on the rape so pested [sic] with fly dip[pe]d as a protection - the turnips & rape are up but advance slowly frosty nights & hot days - want rain along with the hot weather -
to 3 - 15 Mostly cold N.E. winds filling pudding pie in Willow field & lighted Self to Nott[ingha]m Q[uarterly] M[eeting] and back
The photograph shows Lucy Ann Bowman. She was born on the 19th December 1849 at One Ash Grange. She would have been 18 years of age when she travelled to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting with her grandfather , her Uncle ... and Eliza.
I wonder what Lucy would have thought of the 18 year old girls now,what a difference in life styles.Ann
ReplyDeleteIt does make you think Ann ... and being a Quaker I dare say she might have been even more shocked than others of her age or would she have been more open-minded I wonder.
DeleteMy answer to Ann's comment would be........probably shock and outrage!!
ReplyDeleteCharlie, I am off to the US for a holiday with Joanne tomorrow (Sunday 14th), in case you wonder why I don't comment on any of your posts for the next two weeks. Will see you when I return.
What will 18 year old girls be like in another hundred years ?
DeleteThanks for letting me know you're going to be away Mitch. I hope you have a great fortnight ~ and I hope the weather is much better than it is here !