These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Rev Edward R LASCELLES, vicar of LITTLE OUSEBURN
Diary references:
8 Sep 1855: “Aunt Bell Mrs Lascelles & Miss Haydn called”
10 Sep 1855: “Took Aunt Bell to illeg Supped Lascelles
21 Sep 1857: “supped..at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife ..[etc]..were there”
20 Mar 1859: “...to Uncle Picks. Aunt Bell came with Mr Lascelles governess (Miss Welch) & one of Lascelles boys to Church at night Aunt Bell stayed at Uncle Picks I set the Governess home to Little Ouseburn but I did not go in”
24 Apr 1859: “Had tea at Aunt Bells Two Miss Lascelles & the Governess were there”
12 Nov 1859: “BB Hirings Mr & Mrs Lascelles Mr & Mrs Henlock & Mr & Mrs Pick dined with us”
1851: Gt Ouseburn
Lascelles
Edward R Lascelles 42 vicar of Little Ouseburn b Surrey
Frances 46 wife
Catherine 8 [all children b Little Ouseburn]
Anna 7
Charles 5
John W 4
Arthur 2
Egbert 9mths
Elizabeth May U 20 cook
Betsey Glossop U 29 nurse
Elizabeth Mark U 15 housemaid
George Whitehead’s Journal:
Revd Robert Edward LASCELLES & Fanny Watson Married Dec 7th 1841
Charles Edward Lascelles son of E R Lascelles b May 9th 1845
Mr Lascelles got first gig they ever had May 25th 1846
Mr Lascelles Drop’d down in a sick fit in the reading desk at Church Feb 11th 1849
Lascelles got their first governess viz Miss Chapman Sept 6th a south countrywoman 1851
Revd Edward Robert Lascelles vicar of Little Ouseburn d Aug 6th a55 years (he was the vicar at L.O. about 27 yrs) 1864
Mrs Lascelles sale at L.O. Mar 28th they left L.O. & went to live at Bbdge Apr 6th 1865
Charles Lascelles got to be Bbdge Post Master, spring of 1870
Charles Lascelles & -- Married 1880
Mrs Lascelles d Feb 16 a78 yrs 1884
Chas Ed Lascelles son of Ouseburn late clergyman d Jan 3rd a46 yrs 1892
The children of the Revd Lascelles are frequently mentioned in the 1870s letters from Mrs Mary Stubbs. Three of the Lascelles children were to die before they reached the age of 27 and Charles Lascelles, who became Boroughbridge postmaster in 1870, was taken very ill in 1873 with what seems to have been a stroke in his mid twenties. Charles recovered, and in the 1881 Census is to be found in Harrogate, working as a solicitor’s managing clerk. His mother and sister Anna are in the same household; Anna sometimes went on holiday with the Stubbs family.
Thursday 28 August 2014
Wednesday 27 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people I to K
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Jack, Christopher, Margaret and Old INGLEBY/INGILBY of/in Settle/Lawkland Hall
Miss INGLEBY of CLAPHAM
Diary references:
20 Aug 1856: “Jack Ingleby Old Ingleby Mrs Jefferson Harrison [etc] took tea with us”
26 Aug 1856: “..went to Settle I saw Mr Ingelby & Mr Foster”
2 Sep 1856: “Went to Lawkland Hall Saw Margt Ingleby .....rode home by Austwick saw Jack Ingleby”
29 Jun 1857: “Went to Skipton Sessions Mr Wm Foster drove me to Settle station dined with Chr Ingelby at the Devonshire & then retd to Taitlands”
14 Jan 1858: “[at Leond Sidgwick & Jane Redmayne’s wedding] [etc] & Margaret Ingleby were bridesmaids”
24 Sep 1859: “ ... to Austwick I called to see John Ingleby Chr Ingleby & young Clapham”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
4 Oct 1859: “... to the Bashals to tea Jack Ingleby Mrs & Miss Wood & ourselves were there”
10 Oct 1859: “...with Uncle & Thos Stackhouse to Austwick Wood to shoot Mr Foster Mr Ingleby John Ingleby Robt Hargraves Thos Clapham Joe Birkbeck Thos Stackhouse John Hartley Uncle & I were there. We shot 46 hares 17 pheasants & 18 rabbits We all dined at Thos Claphams at 7 o’clock”
Pigots 1834:
“Gentry etc: Mr Robert Ingleby, Lawkland green”
“Gentry etc: Thomas Ingleby esq, Lawkland Hall”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: Charles Ingleby esq, Austwick”
“Gentry etc: Mr Robert Ingleby, Lawkland green”
1851 Census: Austwick
Christopher Ingelby, marr 27, Attorney & solicitor, b Lawkland Hall
Anne, wife, 34, b Westmorland
groom
house servant
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Jack, Christopher, Margaret and Old INGLEBY/INGILBY of/in Settle/Lawkland Hall
Miss INGLEBY of CLAPHAM
Diary references:
20 Aug 1856: “Jack Ingleby Old Ingleby Mrs Jefferson Harrison [etc] took tea with us”
26 Aug 1856: “..went to Settle I saw Mr Ingelby & Mr Foster”
2 Sep 1856: “Went to Lawkland Hall Saw Margt Ingleby .....rode home by Austwick saw Jack Ingleby”
29 Jun 1857: “Went to Skipton Sessions Mr Wm Foster drove me to Settle station dined with Chr Ingelby at the Devonshire & then retd to Taitlands”
14 Jan 1858: “[at Leond Sidgwick & Jane Redmayne’s wedding] [etc] & Margaret Ingleby were bridesmaids”
24 Sep 1859: “ ... to Austwick I called to see John Ingleby Chr Ingleby & young Clapham”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
4 Oct 1859: “... to the Bashals to tea Jack Ingleby Mrs & Miss Wood & ourselves were there”
10 Oct 1859: “...with Uncle & Thos Stackhouse to Austwick Wood to shoot Mr Foster Mr Ingleby John Ingleby Robt Hargraves Thos Clapham Joe Birkbeck Thos Stackhouse John Hartley Uncle & I were there. We shot 46 hares 17 pheasants & 18 rabbits We all dined at Thos Claphams at 7 o’clock”
Pigots 1834:
“Gentry etc: Mr Robert Ingleby, Lawkland green”
“Gentry etc: Thomas Ingleby esq, Lawkland Hall”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: Charles Ingleby esq, Austwick”
“Gentry etc: Mr Robert Ingleby, Lawkland green”
1851 Census: Austwick
Christopher Ingelby, marr 27, Attorney & solicitor, b Lawkland Hall
Anne, wife, 34, b Westmorland
groom
house servant
Tuesday 26 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning H
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
JOHN LEES & FRANCES ELIZA HUNTER & family of/in KNARESBOROUGH
Alexander, John & Frances HUNTER met with at GT OUSEBURN
Frances Eliza STUBBS b 18 Jan 1801, aunt of Bishop Stubbs. Married John Lees Hunter. Buried Feb 1881 at Knaresborough. [Bishop Stubbs p 6]
Diary references:
5 Sep 1856: “Mrs Wm Stubbs Aunt Bell & Aunt Redmayne & I set off....We stayed & had tea at Hunters of Knaresbro had a cab from there Frances came with us & she returned in the Cab”
16 Oct 1856: “went with [Sedgwicks] in their dogcart to Uncle Picks Party....Fras Hunter was there played Cards had some fine fun..”
13 Jun 1858: “Twice to Gt Ouseburn church Alexr Hunter John Hunter Frances Hunter & Rd Paver spent the day with us”
1851 Settle: The Terrace
Henry L Hunter is a pupil at the Grammar School and is boarding with his aunt Miss Henlock.
He is 10 years old, and was born at Wetherby
Mr, Miss Ellen & Miss Lucy HALLEWELL of LEEDS
The father and sisters of Martha Eliza, wife of Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe
Diary references:
16 Jun 1856: “Mr Hallewell called at our house”
29 Mar 1859: “At night Capes & I had a cab to Ellinthorp Lodge to the return bridal party we played cards & a very jolly evening we had. Miss Ellen & Miss Lucy Hallewell were there We got home about ½ past twelve”
George Whitehead’s Journal:
Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe Lodge & Martha Eliza Hallewell of Highfield House, Woodhouse, Leeds married Jany 5th 1859
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
JOHN LEES & FRANCES ELIZA HUNTER & family of/in KNARESBOROUGH
Alexander, John & Frances HUNTER met with at GT OUSEBURN
Frances Eliza STUBBS b 18 Jan 1801, aunt of Bishop Stubbs. Married John Lees Hunter. Buried Feb 1881 at Knaresborough. [Bishop Stubbs p 6]
Diary references:
5 Sep 1856: “Mrs Wm Stubbs Aunt Bell & Aunt Redmayne & I set off....We stayed & had tea at Hunters of Knaresbro had a cab from there Frances came with us & she returned in the Cab”
16 Oct 1856: “went with [Sedgwicks] in their dogcart to Uncle Picks Party....Fras Hunter was there played Cards had some fine fun..”
13 Jun 1858: “Twice to Gt Ouseburn church Alexr Hunter John Hunter Frances Hunter & Rd Paver spent the day with us”
1851 Settle: The Terrace
Henry L Hunter is a pupil at the Grammar School and is boarding with his aunt Miss Henlock.
He is 10 years old, and was born at Wetherby
Mr, Miss Ellen & Miss Lucy HALLEWELL of LEEDS
The father and sisters of Martha Eliza, wife of Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe
Diary references:
16 Jun 1856: “Mr Hallewell called at our house”
29 Mar 1859: “At night Capes & I had a cab to Ellinthorp Lodge to the return bridal party we played cards & a very jolly evening we had. Miss Ellen & Miss Lucy Hallewell were there We got home about ½ past twelve”
George Whitehead’s Journal:
Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe Lodge & Martha Eliza Hallewell of Highfield House, Woodhouse, Leeds married Jany 5th 1859
Monday 25 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Henlock and Hirst
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
William & Ellen HENLOCK of GREAT OUSEBURN
William Henlock 1805-66 is the brother of John's mother
Ellen Henlock, nee Thornber, of Settle, born ca1807, died 1885
JRS often calls there, stays there, they dine at Bridge Foot &c
Diary references: eg
Jan 1853: “Recd from Aunt Henlock 26/-”
6 Mar 1856: “walked to Ouseburn and had dinner Uncle Williams as they had been coursing We then had tea after tea a rubber at wist two table Uncle Henlock Crosby Len Sedgwick & I sat at one table. Gudgeon Uncle Pick Capes & Joe at the other...”
1 Apr 1856: “walked to Marton to get a gun for me from Gudgeon Uncle Wms gamekeeper...”
19 Jul 1856: “Uncle Wm & Aunt came home from Redcar”
22 Sep 1856: “went to Uncle Wms Mrs H gave me a tart or two & a glass of wine”
28 Apr 1857: “Uncle Wm lent me a gun which I brought home”
14 Jul 1857: “Smallwood & I walked to Ouseburn Had some fruit at Uncle Wms the good people were out at the other house”
28 Jul 1857: “Uncle Wm came & left his pony & carriage at our house until he returned from Driffield”
21 Sep 1857: “..walked to Ouseburn Feast.....supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Haddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there.....”
5 May 1858: “At Night Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Plantation Met Harry Redmayne there with the gun”
8 May 1858: “At Night Harry Redmayne Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Cottages”
25 Jul 1858: “Morning & evening to Gt Ouseburn Church In the afternoon Aunt & I took the Dogs down the Croft”
25 Dec 1858: “After dinner I walked to Ouseburn Had tea at Uncle Picks then I went to Uncle Wms to stay until Monday mg”
20 Mar 1859: “In the afternoon Aunt Henlock & I walked down to Uncle Picks...”
19 May 1859: “At night I rode to Ouseburn but the good people there had gone to a missionary meeting so I did not see them”
20 Aug 1859: “Mrs Henlock & I went to see some sheep & had a good course”
27 Oct 1859: “Aunt Henlock gave me a gold chain”
20 Nov 1859: “Uncle Wm had a letter to say Miss Marriner was dead”
J stays at Henlocks’ in August and November
J stays at Henlocks’ in January 1860 and for much of October 1860, for the shooting
17 Aug 1860: “Went with Uncle Pick to Uncle Wms cottage...”
Aunt Henlock goes to Harrogate on 4 Oct 1860, stays at Settle in December and
10 Dec 1860: “[J goes to York Cattle Show] I bought 2 flannel shirst which Mrs Henlock said she would pay for”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
William & Ellen HENLOCK of GREAT OUSEBURN
William Henlock 1805-66 is the brother of John's mother
Ellen Henlock, nee Thornber, of Settle, born ca1807, died 1885
JRS often calls there, stays there, they dine at Bridge Foot &c
Diary references: eg
Jan 1853: “Recd from Aunt Henlock 26/-”
6 Mar 1856: “walked to Ouseburn and had dinner Uncle Williams as they had been coursing We then had tea after tea a rubber at wist two table Uncle Henlock Crosby Len Sedgwick & I sat at one table. Gudgeon Uncle Pick Capes & Joe at the other...”
1 Apr 1856: “walked to Marton to get a gun for me from Gudgeon Uncle Wms gamekeeper...”
19 Jul 1856: “Uncle Wm & Aunt came home from Redcar”
22 Sep 1856: “went to Uncle Wms Mrs H gave me a tart or two & a glass of wine”
28 Apr 1857: “Uncle Wm lent me a gun which I brought home”
14 Jul 1857: “Smallwood & I walked to Ouseburn Had some fruit at Uncle Wms the good people were out at the other house”
28 Jul 1857: “Uncle Wm came & left his pony & carriage at our house until he returned from Driffield”
21 Sep 1857: “..walked to Ouseburn Feast.....supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Haddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there.....”
5 May 1858: “At Night Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Plantation Met Harry Redmayne there with the gun”
8 May 1858: “At Night Harry Redmayne Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Cottages”
25 Jul 1858: “Morning & evening to Gt Ouseburn Church In the afternoon Aunt & I took the Dogs down the Croft”
25 Dec 1858: “After dinner I walked to Ouseburn Had tea at Uncle Picks then I went to Uncle Wms to stay until Monday mg”
20 Mar 1859: “In the afternoon Aunt Henlock & I walked down to Uncle Picks...”
19 May 1859: “At night I rode to Ouseburn but the good people there had gone to a missionary meeting so I did not see them”
20 Aug 1859: “Mrs Henlock & I went to see some sheep & had a good course”
27 Oct 1859: “Aunt Henlock gave me a gold chain”
20 Nov 1859: “Uncle Wm had a letter to say Miss Marriner was dead”
J stays at Henlocks’ in August and November
J stays at Henlocks’ in January 1860 and for much of October 1860, for the shooting
17 Aug 1860: “Went with Uncle Pick to Uncle Wms cottage...”
Aunt Henlock goes to Harrogate on 4 Oct 1860, stays at Settle in December and
10 Dec 1860: “[J goes to York Cattle Show] I bought 2 flannel shirst which Mrs Henlock said she would pay for”
Sunday 24 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning G
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Sir Willam GALLWEY of PILMOOR HOUSE
MP for Thirsk
Diary references:
15 Feb 1856: “I wrote a letter to Sir W G telling him Uncle had not arrived at home as he expected him this morng”
no other references 1816-Apr 1858
Post Office 1857:
“Pill Moor House is the residence of Sir William P Gallwey, Bart, MP; it is a new building, pleasantly situated 1 ½ miles from the village. Brickmaking is carried on extensively near here”
William GATENBY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
11 Mar 1856: “When I got home [from York] I went to James Swales & Wm Gatenby to ask them to go & speak a good word for Hodgson who was going to be tried with Kirby of Marton for night poaching as I met his mother in the Castle Yard & she asked me if I would but they declined going”
Slaters 1849: “Joiners & Cabinet makers: Gatenby, William, Borobridge”
“Shopkeeper & Baker: Gatenby, John Walker, Borobridge”
Post Office 1857: “Farmers at Helperby/ Brafferton: William Gatenby”
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge
William Gatenby, widower, 45, joiner & cabinet maker master b BB
with 6 children under 16
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Sir Willam GALLWEY of PILMOOR HOUSE
MP for Thirsk
Diary references:
15 Feb 1856: “I wrote a letter to Sir W G telling him Uncle had not arrived at home as he expected him this morng”
no other references 1816-Apr 1858
Post Office 1857:
“Pill Moor House is the residence of Sir William P Gallwey, Bart, MP; it is a new building, pleasantly situated 1 ½ miles from the village. Brickmaking is carried on extensively near here”
William GATENBY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
11 Mar 1856: “When I got home [from York] I went to James Swales & Wm Gatenby to ask them to go & speak a good word for Hodgson who was going to be tried with Kirby of Marton for night poaching as I met his mother in the Castle Yard & she asked me if I would but they declined going”
Slaters 1849: “Joiners & Cabinet makers: Gatenby, William, Borobridge”
“Shopkeeper & Baker: Gatenby, John Walker, Borobridge”
Post Office 1857: “Farmers at Helperby/ Brafferton: William Gatenby”
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge
William Gatenby, widower, 45, joiner & cabinet maker master b BB
with 6 children under 16
Saturday 23 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people E to F
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Mrs ELGOOD of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
3 Oct 1856: “..to Crawshaws to have tea...Leond [etc] were there Mrs Elgood it was rather sticky”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Mrs Elgood & Mrs Crawshaw...&c &c....”
Emma ETESON of/in Knaresborough
Diary references:
9 Jul 1855: “ Emma Eteson &c to tea”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Emma Eteson & Jacob...&c &c”
15 Oct 1856: “..to Mrs Powells party Had cards Emma Eteson & I played Joe & Miss Smith”
21 Oct 1856: “..to Humburton..had a large party Emma Eteson was there had a jolly dance”
20 Jan 1857: “Mother was at Mrs Powells at tea. Mrs Eteson of Knaresboro was there”
Mr & Mrs ELLISON of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “..supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Hddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Mrs ELGOOD of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
3 Oct 1856: “..to Crawshaws to have tea...Leond [etc] were there Mrs Elgood it was rather sticky”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Mrs Elgood & Mrs Crawshaw...&c &c....”
Emma ETESON of/in Knaresborough
Diary references:
9 Jul 1855: “ Emma Eteson &c to tea”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Emma Eteson & Jacob...&c &c”
15 Oct 1856: “..to Mrs Powells party Had cards Emma Eteson & I played Joe & Miss Smith”
21 Oct 1856: “..to Humburton..had a large party Emma Eteson was there had a jolly dance”
20 Jan 1857: “Mother was at Mrs Powells at tea. Mrs Eteson of Knaresboro was there”
Mr & Mrs ELLISON of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “..supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Hddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
Friday 22 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning with C
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Bessie CARASS of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Bessie may have been John's nurse and features in the life of the family for many decades
Diary references:
16 Jan 1856: “...played cards at Henry Carass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks...”
27 Jun 1856: “At Noon was at Capes’ with Arthur Powell to dinner I gave Mrs Stevenson a pair of Sissors & Bessie Carass a pair”
15 Sep 1856: “Called to see Bessie Carass & Aunt Bell & then went home”
30 Oct 1857: “At Night sat with Bessie Carass”
no references in 1858 or 1859
while in London, JRS wrote to Bessie (9.2.60)
Censuses:
1851: Boroughbridge
Henry Carass, 32, butcher, b BB
Elizabeth Carass, 34, wife, b Topcliffe
Letters from Ellis Macfarlane to John Stubbs on her first visit to Boroughbridge after their engagement: “I am to see old Bessie tomorrow” she wrote on her first night, and the next day, “Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”
Bessie offered to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, made cushions for Ellis and went for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
Bessie also worked for other families. She was left £10 by Mrs Wood in 1872, and a letter of Mary’s in May 1874 shows how busy Bessie and Henry were: “Bessy is very busy. She has loads of washing. We have had Henry one day this week and again tomorrow whitewashing. The Sedgwicks have the Mackaskeys at dinner tomorrow and Bessy is making jelly &c for them”.
Aunt Bell remembered Bessie in her Will “as a small acknowledgment of all her kindness”, and in a letter of 1886 Mary told John she wished on her death that the maids should each have full mourning and that Bessie Carass was to have “a gown and bonnet and cap” in the traditional way.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Bessie CARASS of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Bessie may have been John's nurse and features in the life of the family for many decades
Diary references:
16 Jan 1856: “...played cards at Henry Carass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks...”
27 Jun 1856: “At Noon was at Capes’ with Arthur Powell to dinner I gave Mrs Stevenson a pair of Sissors & Bessie Carass a pair”
15 Sep 1856: “Called to see Bessie Carass & Aunt Bell & then went home”
30 Oct 1857: “At Night sat with Bessie Carass”
no references in 1858 or 1859
while in London, JRS wrote to Bessie (9.2.60)
Censuses:
1851: Boroughbridge
Henry Carass, 32, butcher, b BB
Elizabeth Carass, 34, wife, b Topcliffe
Letters from Ellis Macfarlane to John Stubbs on her first visit to Boroughbridge after their engagement: “I am to see old Bessie tomorrow” she wrote on her first night, and the next day, “Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”
Bessie offered to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, made cushions for Ellis and went for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
Bessie also worked for other families. She was left £10 by Mrs Wood in 1872, and a letter of Mary’s in May 1874 shows how busy Bessie and Henry were: “Bessy is very busy. She has loads of washing. We have had Henry one day this week and again tomorrow whitewashing. The Sedgwicks have the Mackaskeys at dinner tomorrow and Bessy is making jelly &c for them”.
Aunt Bell remembered Bessie in her Will “as a small acknowledgment of all her kindness”, and in a letter of 1886 Mary told John she wished on her death that the maids should each have full mourning and that Bessie Carass was to have “a gown and bonnet and cap” in the traditional way.
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