Register of Inmates, Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse

Published: October 30, 2016    Last modified: February 21, 2024

Florence Ashforth (née Florence Flowers 1876-1973) It has been quite a while since I carried out any family history research. So searching online, in response to a comment posted regarding the Ashforth families in Sheffield, I found I was in for quite a surprise. Searching for 'Ashforth' and 'Sheffield' I came across this entry for my great grandmother Florence ASHFORTH (née Florence FLOWERS) 1876-1973 and my grandfather Ernest ASHFORTH 1905-1990: in the Register of Inmates for Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse 1883 - 1907 (Surnames A – C). FHJ Ref: 200 Index to Register of Inmates, Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, 1883 – 1907...

Henry Rodgers and Annie Matilda Rodgers (née Annie Matilda Flowers): Children added to GEDCOM

Published: November 20, 2005    Last modified: February 16, 2017

...8 Sheffield, Yorkshire Rodger Joseph W Son Male 6 Sheffield, Yorkshire Rodger Lydia A Daughter Female 3 Sheffield, Yorkshire Rodger Arthur Son Male 8m Sheffield, Yorkshire Ashforth Florence Sister Married Female 24 Charwoman Sheffield, Yorkshire To view this table full width please click here. Annie Matilda RODGER(S) (née Annie Matilda FLOWERS 1864-Deceased) my great grand aunt, was the eldest sister of my great grandmother Florence ASHFORTH (née Florence FLOWERS 1876-1973). To read my previous article on this subject please click here. Old Comments: Submitted by Andrew Clewes on Sun, 2016-04-03 19:53 Annie Matilda Rodgers is my great grandmother and Lydia...

Mrs Ellen Ashforth: Shopkeeper

Published: September 7, 2008    Last modified: November 18, 2016

[PiwigoPress id=842 lnktype='albumpicture' opntype='_self' size='me' url='https://familyhistoryjournal.com/gallery'] Ellen Ashforth (née Ellen Tomlinson) 1855-1943 Looking through my notes I came across an entry I made but never commented on. This entry is to be found in White's Trade Directory, Sheffield, 1911: Mrs Ellen Ashforth, Shopkeeper, 41 Burton Street At the time of her son William Henry ASHFORTH 1873-1926's marriage to Florence FLOWERS 1876-1973 in December 1895, Ellen ASHFORTH (née Ellen TOMLINSON 1855-1943) is residing at 172 Cuthbert Bank Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Cuthbert Bank Road cuts across Bamforth Street and Burton Street. I cannot confirm this is my gg grandmother Ellen ASHFORTH...

Hawksley Road, Sheffield 6

Published: April 3, 2007    Last modified: February 12, 2017

...luxury of a bathroom, admittedly very small but enormous when compared to a tin bath. The bedrooms were so cold in winter that I would sleep with a hot brick wrapped in a blanket to my feet. The brick was placed in the coal fire just before I went to bed. At least unlike an hot water bottle it couldn't burst, though third degree burns were always a distinct possibility. My great grandmother Florence ASHFORTH (née Florence FLOWERS 1876-1973), her son and daughter-in-law (my grandfather and grandmother) Ernest ASHFORTH 1905-1990 and Emily ASHFORTH (née Emily BELLAMY 1903-1992), my mother and...

Annie E Ellis and Hector William R Withall

Published: December 23, 2011    Last modified: January 12, 2017

[PiwigoPress id=1116 lnktype='albumpicture' opntype='_self' size='me' url='https://familyhistoryjournal.com/gallery'] Annie Elizabeth Ellis Annie Elizabeth ELLIS was born in 1911 at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Our family always referred to her as Aunt Annie. I remember her as a happy, jovial person, often visiting my grandmother Emily ASHFORTH (née Emily BELLAMY) 1903-1992 and great grandmother Florence ASHFORTH (née Florence FLOWERS) 1876-1973. Annie E ELLIS married Hector William R. Withall at Sheffield in 1923. My mother recalls Vic WITHALL was employed in newspaper production and had relocated to Sheffield from the south of England to work with one of the local newspaper companies. According to mother...