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| This is a photo of Bessie (Elizabeth) Askwith, (nee Wilson), born 12th April 1812, and the three girls are her daughters, Elizabeth, 1846, Sarah, 1847 and Jane, 1850. The photo must be circa 1860, when Bessie would have been 48 years old. Bessie was a remarkable lady. She had been widowed at 45 when her husband, Thomas Askwith, died in 1857, leaving her with nine children, a staff of six and 300 acres of land to farm. (She died herself in 1867**, at only 55 years of age) They lived at Greenwick Farm, Givendale. Thomas Askwith, her eldest son, farmed at Callis Wold, Givendale, and her youngest son, Edward moved to Millington, where he farmed at Town Farm. Information and photo kindly supplied by Sandi Dobson. n.b. ** Elizabeth Askwith died in 1867 - on the back is Michael Tayleure in Market Place Pocklington - Does this prove he was in Pocklington prior to 1867? In 1863 he was in Driffield. He arrived in Pocklington in 1870 when he joined the Congregational church. We must conclude therefore that this photograph was taken by Tayleure in Driffield. The CDV must be a reprint as Michael Tayleure was not operating in Market Place until the 1880's. It is a bit of a mystery. |
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