A Farm Journal ~ from the 13th to the 30th November 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.]

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

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

6 - 13 to 6 - 20 Very fine mild weather for time of year lead all swedes home at S.H. & began to pit corn ones fair crop of Scotch yellows but only about 3/4 ac[re] of them

 

7 - 21 Very sharp frosty night rimed & misty dull day W. South at night & no frost cow calf dead of Speed at Cales - plough[in]g lime in Pewet Knobs - sending two cans of milk every day to Manchester 2/4 p[e]r doz[en] 11 to 12 doz[en] p[e]r day SA & children & Ann to Ashford

 

1 - 22 Very wet day

 

2 - 23 Fine

 

3 - 24 Ditto Nomination day at B[akewe]ll Cavendish & Jackson Liberals Arkwright conservatives - a crowded Bakewell & a bit of skirmishing in aft[ernoo]n

 

4 - 25 Fine

 

5 - 26 Ditto sale at Isaac Grindy's Oldhams [began to plough Intake Ley] very good sale of an excellent stock of Dairy cows bo[ugh]t 1 £12  - calves 4 mo 19 - W[illia]m bo[ugh]t 3 - sheep poorish lot but sold well

 

6 - 27 Fine day Polling day at B[akewe]ll excited day but orderly suppose Cavendish & Arkwright are the elected

 

7 - 29 beautiful day frosty night - cutt[in]g swedes in Watricle - plough[in]g etc

 

1 - 30 [no entry other than date] 

 

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.