MARKHAM
family of North Lincolnshire and from the West Riding of Yorkshire
Family
tree pictures - mostly from my parent´s albums
(my attempt at trying to bring them to life!)
The photographs are from the
oldest I have found (1859) to over a hundred years later (1988) when we started
researching the family tree. All additions in that time frame will be very
welcome!
All the names with the
surname in bold appear on our tree, and if highlighted and underscored by clicking on the name it will take you straight to this person on the
tree.
ca.
1855-59
Robert
LADLOW Born 15 Feb 1818, Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire
Mary
LADLOW née BELL Christened:
4 Feb 1827, Blybourgh, Lincolnshire
Robert Ladlow was the
brother of John Ladlow, whose daughter Mary in turn was the mother of James
Markham.
Photos
and info courtesy of Marge
Blake of Horsham, VIC Australia.
Photo: W.A Francis Artist
93 or 95 Hindley St Adelaide. Late 1850’s
A lot more on Robert and
Mary can be seen by following the hyperlink and the "Research Notes"
section
(Robert, according to my
relationship calculator, is 2nd Great-Grand Uncle of Philip Markham)
ca.
1873
Wells LADLOW 1823-1899, born Willoughton, Lincolnshire
The father of Wells,
William Ladlow was the brother of John Ladlow, whose daughter Mary in turn was
the mother of James Markham.
Photo
courtesy off Ginny Masten of California, USA.
(Wells, according to my
relationship calculator, is 1st Cousin 3 times removed of Philip Markham)
1884
John Jackson CLARK and Sarah Maria COWLING on their wedding day (25th June) Ashby, Lincolnshire
John Jackson was aged 28 (and
a widower) when this photograph was taken and Sarah Maria was 21. This was John
Jackson´s second marriage. He was the eldest of 12 children. From his obituary
Saturday 13th of May 1916:
The funeral took place on
Wednesday of Mr Jackson Clark, who passed away on Saturday.The first part of the service was held in the
Wesleyan Chapel. Mr Clark was most highly respected
in the village and also held the position of the superintendent of the Wesleyan
Sunday School for a large number of years.
Note: Their son Joseph
Arthur CLARK died , at sea, during the same month -
May 1916 and his name can be seen on the War Memorial in Ashby.
(Parents of Betsy MARKHAM
born CLARK)
1902
Ethel GILL Wath upon Deane, West Riding, Yorkshire
(Mother of Ethel MARKHAM
born BURRELL)
1902
James MARKHAM b. North Killingholme,
Lincolnshire 1881
Written on back James
Markham 1902 - this would make him 21 years old when the photograph was taken
Note: He never knew his
mother - she died just 1 month after he was born.
(Grandfather of Philip Markham)
1905
Jane GILL later GUEST
Photograph taken when she was
aged 16, as downstairs maid at Wentworth House near Wath-upon-Dearne, West Yorkshire
(Great Aunt of Philip Markham)
1906
Amelia COWLING (born YOUNG) Written on the back: Granny Cowling.
She would have been 80
years old when this photo was taken in Ashby near Scunthorpe, she was born in
1826 in Crowle, Lincolnshire. We have now her husband
John (and our) COWLING ancestors back to the 1500´s
(Great-grandmother of
Wilfred MARKHAM)
1907
Possibly Joseph MACHIN (husband of Jane MARKHAM)
(Uncle of James MARKHAM)
1909
Ethel GILL and Lewis Henry BURRELL
wedding photo Wath upon
Deane, West Riding, Yorkshire
(Parents
of Ethel MARKHAM born BURRELL and Grandparents of Philip Markham)
Between 1910 and
1915
A family photo of
James and Hannah MARKHAM
and the notes on the back of the photo says "Brothers and Sisters and Nieces”
and was written by
Harriet Jane WOOD neé MARKHAM and we now know that 3rd from the
left back row (next to his father James) was
Joseph Robert MARKHAM
and far right
George MARKHAM,
but it has proved to be very difficult to determine which sister is which
(there were 5 in all) on the photograph - as is the date this was taken - so
this is an estimate based on the ages of George and Bob. There were 7 siblings
in all so there is a sister missing.
Photo courtesy of
Jim Schofield
(James
Markham is Philip Markham´s Great Grand Uncle and Jim Schofield´s Great
Grandfather and George Markham is Stuart Markham´s Grandfather)
1914
Herbert James, Raymond and Wilfred MARKHAM, North Parade, Ashby, Lincolnshire
(Uncles
and Father of Philip Markham)
1915
The BURRELL family
- Lewis Henry had just enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver
(although he was a butcher by profession) and was about to be sent to France.
He served until 1919 in France on the Western Front and later East Africa, and
was hospitalized and sent home with severe malarial attacks.
Seated L to R: Mary Annie (b.1911) , Ethel May (b.1914) and Ethel BURRELL born GILL
1919
The BURRELL
family minus their father Lewis Henry was at this time in East Africa. He was
named (with Army rank and number) on the "Absent voters list in Grimsby
1919" and
never returned to his family. He died in Mansfield in 1952 and as far as
we know never saw his wife and his girls grow up or even let them know of his
whereabouts.
NOTE: Seeing his name and
service details on the "Absent voters" site proved to be a big
breakthrough as that also gave access to his army records which were
fortunately intact and not lost as many others were. His date and place
of death was the result of 2 days search at the National Archives in Kew.
Aunt ,Grandmother and Mother of Philip
Markham
L to R: Mary Annie , Ethel BURRELL born GILL and Ethel May
1919
The
MARKHAM family, Ashby Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
L
to R: Edna Doreen (b.1917), Betsy MARKHAM born CLARK (b.1885), Wilfred (b.1913), Raymond(b.1908), James (b.1881) and Sylvia Violet (b.1916)
1922
The BURRELL
girls and their grandmother
L to R: Ethel May BURRELL, Mary Annie BURRELL and Mary Annie GILL born LEES
1923
Wilfred MARKHAM
aged 10, Ashby, Scunthorpe Lincolnshire
1924
L to R: Sylvia,
Edna, Cyril John and Evelyn MARKHAM
Note: Cyril John died in
1925 aged 5
1925
Hilda and Olive FERGUSON
(Wilfred MARKHAM´s
cousins)
1925
Thomas MARKHAM and Olive FERGUSON, taken in Goxhill, Lincs, Grandfather and
Granddaughter
Thomas was aged 35 in 1881
and shortly after the birth of their 7th child (James), his wife Mary (born LADLOW)
died aged 33. The cause of her death was Phthisis, possibly exacerbeted
by under nourishment. He later married Rebecca BROWN who brought up the
7 children. As far as we know Rebecca did not have any children of her own.
(Thomas Markham is Philip Markhams Great Grandfather)
1925
Thomas MARKHAM and
his second wife Rebecca (born BROWN), taken
in front of Rose Cottage Goxhill, Lincs
Thomas according to my
Uncle Raymond was a very small man and his wife was a strapping six
footer!
Note: Rose Cottage still
exists and elswhere on this site you can see the
photographs we took in 2003 of the same view.
1925
Thomas MARKHAM (1846-1937)
He would have been 79 when
this photograph was taken in front of Rose Cotttage.
He rode a bicycle until he was well into his 80s.
1922-1925
Thomas MARKHAM (1846-1937)
and his brother James
MARKHAM (1840-1929)
Note: These dates are only an estimate.
Photos courtesy of Olive
Lee and Jim Schofield
1925
Ashby
Silver Band, later Ashby Institute Band. The
band was funded by public subscription and finally disappeared some years ago.
Second from the right back
row Raymond MARKHAM (cornet), in the centre of the middle row, the small
boy in the flat cap Wilfred MARKHAM (cornet) and second from the right
in the middle row (also with a flat cap) James MARKHAM
1928
Mary Annie GILL
born LEES (1867 - 1935)
Mary Annie was aged 17
when she married George GILL and they had 12 children
(Philip Markhams maternal Great-grandmother)
1930
Wedding of Blanche MARKHAM to Mansell SPENCER (second left,
rear)
James William MARKHAM (third from left rear) and George
MARKHAM (fourth from left rear)
Lily MARKHAM née MARSHALL (bottom right)
Photo courtesy of Stuart Paul MARKHAM
1931
Wilfred MARKHAM
(1913 - 1988)
Photograph
taken when he joined the RAF as a musician in the Central Band of the RAF. He then re-mustered to wireless operator air-crew on flying boats and
spent most of his RAF career (until 1939) in India, Iraq and Aden. He left the
RAF as an AF/DF operator at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk,
and stayed in the Civil Service doing the same job at Wattisham
and later RAF Tangmere on the South Coast during WWII
and RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk.
(Philip
Markhams father)
ca.
1932
L to R: Ethel BURRELL
born GILL, Alice LOCKWOOD born GILL, Mary Annie BURRELL, Lower L to R: Mary Annie GILL
born LEES, and Marion LOCKWOOD later BUNCH. The little girl in the middle is unknown.
Information given by Joan Ann Lees HOPE March 2009
1933
Marriage
of Raymond MARKHAM to Mary Ellen HUNTER, Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincs.
Top L to R: Unknown, James
MARKHAM, Raymond MARKHAM, Betsy MARKHAM born CLARK,
Unknown.
Bottom L to R: The
bridegrooms Mother, Mary Ellen HUNTER, and on the right it believed to
be the bridegrooms Grandmother.
Note: It was said that
they had difficulty getting the grandmother upstairs for the photo session!
Also the owner of the hand on the light-switch is unknown!
(Uncle and Aunt to Philip
Markham)
1934
Wilfred MARKHAM
(second from left) playing in a dance band whilst serving in the RAF in Iraq
1934
Seated in the middle Betsy
MARKHAM born CLARK and inside the car Sarah Maria CLARK
born COWLING
(Grandmother and Great
Grandmother of Philip Markham)
1934
A unique photo showing
Ethel BURRELL born GILL and Betsy MARKHAM
born CLARK.
Note: The photo was presumably taken in Ashby and shows that they already knew each other through the possible engagement of their children - my parents! These are the maternal and paternal Grandmothers of Philip Markham
1935
Marriage of Ellen GILL to Thomas William PYATT Wath upon Dearne
West Riding .
The wedding photo left to right are: - Marion ELLIS
born GILL, Jack ELLIS, Bessie RYALL [bridesmaid], seated
Grandma GILL born LEES, Reginald GILL, Nellie, Tom Pyatt, a friend of the family, Phyllis Pyatt,
Marion Lockwood [bridesmaid] and seated Tom Pyatts
mother.
(Ellen and Marion were
Aunts of Ethel MARKHAM and Reginald an Uncle. The bridesmaids
Bessie and Marion were cousins)
1933
L to R: Sylvia Violet MARKHAM (later MADELEY), James MARKHAM, Edna Doreen MARKHAM (later MILLSON) and centre Constance Evelyn MARKHAM (later COOK)
(Grandfather and Aunts of
Philip Markham)
1934
Wilfred MARKHAM
(third from right) playing in a dance band whilst serving in the RAF in India
1936
Betsy MARKHAM born CLARK
and daughter Edna Doreen later MILLSON
Note: Betsy was aged 51
and Edna 18 when this photograph was taken at Cleethorpes
ca.
1936
Reginald GILL - Note: his father (also Reginald) was killed in a
mining accident. Information
given by Joan Ann Lees HOPE March 2009
1937
Ethel BURRELL born GILL
(Maternal Grandmother of
Philip Markham)
1938
Constance Evelyn MARKHAM
later COOK
(Aunt of Philip Markham)
1939
Parents
of Philip MARKHAM - their wedding card.
1940
(Cousins of Philip
Markham)
1940
Ethel May MARKHAM
born BURRELL and Philip Raymond MARKHAM, outside Ambala, Hadleigh,
Suffolk
Note: The
house was named Ambala as this was the last RAF
station my father was at in India
(Mother and Son)
1945
Philip Raymond, Jennifer Ann and Timothy John MARKHAM, outside 61 Kyoto Court, Bognor Regis, Sussex
1946
Rose FERGUSON born MARKHAM and granddaughter Olive Ferguson SHAW born LEE
(Grand Aunt and 2nd Cousin
of Philip Markham)
1946
The MADELEY family:
Anne, Barbara, John, Sydney James (Jack) and Sylvia Rose (Jill) together with baby Janice
(Philip Markham´s cousins)
1948
Ethel BURRELL born GILL
and Jennifer Ann and Timothy John MARKHAM
Note: Photograph taken in Bognor Regis, Sussex
1948
L to R: Tom PYATT,
Ethel May MARKHAM born BURRELL, Jennifer Ann MARKHAM, Ethel
BURRELL born GILL, Timothy John MARKHAM and Ellen PYATT
born GILL
Note: Photo taken at 61
Kyoto Court, Bognor Regis, Sussex
1950
The 4 males in the Kirkby picture are (left to right) John Kirkby
(my grandad), Tom John Kirkby (great grandad) holding my eldest brother Robert Kirkby and on the right is my dad Arthur Kirkby.
The picture was from the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
in 1950 as Robert made 4 generations which was rare back then.
Text and photo courtesy of Lorna Ashmore formerly KIRKBY
(Lorna, according to my
relationship calculator, is half 2nd Cousin 1 time removed of Philip Markham,
from John Jackson CLARK)
1951
Edna Doreen MILLSON
born MARKHAM and Alan MILLSON
Photograph taken on the
beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk
(Philip Markham´s Aunt and
Cousin)
1953
Wilfred and Ethel May MARKHAM,
(proud) parents of Philip, Jennifer and Timothy
Note: Photograph taken in
the front of 5 Fring Road, Great Bircham,
Norfolk
1959
L to R: Unknown, Barbara MADELEY,
Jill MADELEY, Sylvia Violet MADELEY born MARKHAM, Edna MILLSON
born MARKHAM, Anne MADELEY, Evelyn COOK born MARKHAM,
Lesley COOK, Ethel MARKHAM born BURRELL, Janice MADELEY,
unknown
1960
Lesley Anne COOK
(Cousin of Philip Markham)
1961
Mary Annie BURRELL
and partner Jock McKERLIE
Aunt of Philip Markham
1961
from L: Sylvia MADELEY née MARKHAM, Herbert James MARKHAM,
Edna Doreen MILLSON née MARKHAM, Raymond MARKHAM, Evelyn COOK
née MARKHAM and Wilfred MARKHAM
Photograph taken February
1961, in Hemel Hemstead
after the funeral of James MARKHAM (their father)
1970
L to R: Ethel BURRELL
née GILL, Peter John MARKHAM, Philip MARKHAM and Ethel May MARKHAM née BURRELL
4 Generations - photo
taken on Hastings Promenade, Sussex
1988
After the funeral of
Wilfred MARKHAM, May 1988 Caistor,
Lincolnshire.
L to R: Tim MARKHAM, Jenny MARKHAM, Auntie Sylvia nèe MARKHAM, Raymond MARKHAM, Philip Raymond MARKHAM,
Auntie Edna nèe MARKHAM, and in the front
Ethel May MARKHAM
RESEARCH IN LINCOLNSHIRE AND WEST RIDING 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2009
These photos show just a
very small amount of research done!
The family bible that was
passed on from Raymond MARKHAM to his son John MARKHAM
A lot of the information
written in here started our research into the family tree in 1988
The gravestone of Mary MARKHAM
born LADLOW died in 1881. Also buried here is her father John LADLOW.
Killingholme Parish Church, Lincolnshire
Note: Her husband Thomas MARKHAM
was buried in Goxhill where he died 56 years later.
The gravestone of Sarah
Ann ELSOM born CLARK, Elsham Parish
Church, Lincolnshire
Note: she had 12 children
and John Jackson was her eldest.
There are quite a number
of Elsoms in the churchyard, and one named on the WW1
memorial plaque inside the church itself.
Philip Markham´s
Great-great-grandmother
War
memorial in Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
(Just to the right of
cousin John´s elbow)
Joseph Arthur CLARK RN
From the Commonwealth
Graves Commission Website: Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy, (RFR/PO/B/5812),
H.M.S. "Tipperary.", 01/06/1916, SS/106366,
Son of John Jackson Clark and Sarah Clark, of Ashby, Scunthorpe;
husband of Lizzie Clark, of 33, North Parade, Ashby, Scunthorpe.
Awarded Messina Medal, Commonwealth War Dead
Note: Died at sea May 1916
aged 27 leaving a widow and 2 children.
This should be the spot
for the gravestone of Betsy MARKHAM born CLARK at Brumby
Cemetery, Ashby.
Grandmother of Philip Markham. She
died in 1937 aged 52.
Note: With the help of
Rena MARKHAM (pointing where the grave is) and the Cemetery archives we
found the original ledger from 1937 and the entry for her funeral. The plot is
G2-68 and the cost was £1 10s 6d dated/paid 3 December 1937.
Armed with a plan of the
area showing the plot numbers we had help from the
gravedigger shown here helping Rena. We eventually found the spot after a lot
of searching, and as he sheepishly admitted after a while he wasn´t too good at
reading or for that matter at writing either, but after having worked there for
over 30 years could remember a lot of plots by heart. Due to his kindness and
after having his lunch interrupted we found it in the end.
The gravestone of Auntie
Nell and Uncle Tom, Wath-upon-Dearne,
West Yorkshire
Note: both the ages and
dates of both - almost 10 years to the day.
Rose Cottage, North End, Goxhill, Lincolnshire.
This was the home of
Thomas and Rebecca MARKHAM until his death in1937.
We were very kindly invited
in the house, in which the original house and rooms are used as reception
rooms. Apart from new windows and door the house is easy to imagine what it was
like then. Even the original fireplaces are in each room. The original house
has been extended to the rear tripling the original area by the present owners Mr and Mrs Sharp.
Mrs Sharp
talking to Rena MARKHAM inside the main room to the left of the main door.
John and Rena MARKHAM inside the ground floor room to the
right of the main door.
5-3 The Screeds in Ashby
was the home of John Jackson CLARK and Sarah Maria COWLING on the 1911 census
The graveyard at Ulceby Parish Church, to the left the gravestone of Jane MACHIN née MARKHAM and to the right of George Markham - unfortunately NOT one of ours. Photo taken in March 2009
The original Parish
Records for Binbrook, viewed at the Lincolnshire
Archives March 2009. I was allowed to see these as the microfiche of this was
very bad and after speaking to the incumbent vicar of Binbrook
Father Walker who told me that he he had originally
handed over these books to the archives and they were in good shape then, and
after viewing them (very carefully) found them quite legible, although I did
not find the entry for the birth of George MARKHAM in 1801.
Together with June HOPE née SENIOR we were shown the grave of Jane née GILL and Alfred GUEST by Joan Ann Lees HOPE née GUEST
Photo taken in March 2009
Photo taken in March 2009 Wath-upon-Dearne cemetery. I had been here before but could not find the grave, Joan Ann Lees HOPE found it for us immediately.
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