Wednesday, 30 September 2009
IF ANYONE IS FOLLOWING THIS BLOG.....
If anyone is following this blog - let me know - its good to get feedback and comments and corrections - and more information on who's in the photo's !
I LOVE THIS PHOTO OF DAN (VICTOR DANIEL BAKER)
Seem to have so little information on the Baker side of the family
AUNTS AND UNCLE'S WEDDINGS
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Laurence and Christine Baker
Gerald and Jennifer Baker
Betty and Maurice Baker
Betty and Ron Baker(think it was their wedding ?)
Madge and Maurice Wileman
Jessie and Harold TimminsOZ
Got another photo of Dan in Australia (1910-1915) Not sure who he is, if he's on the photo.He worked on the Murrumbidgee River Project in New South Wales.
Hoping to research this some more when I'm in Australia next week !
INQUEST
I was sorting through some of my dad's stuff and found this newspaper clipping about the inquest into my Grandfathers tragic accident. I think I will have to type it out at a later date......... its very sad
Monday, 28 September 2009
JESSIE AND MADGE - CARNIVAL
Madge (left) and Jessie (second left)
Madge second left and Jessie on right
How many beauty competitions did they win ! Apparently Madge also won the 'best ankles' competition at Lady Pagets garden party at Kings Newton Hall.
YATES SISTERS AND BROTHER
Hilda
Jess
Ada
WilliamEthel May Baker (nee Yates) had three sisters - Ada, Hilda and Jessie and one brother William.
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
PHOTO - 83 DERBY ROAD MELBOURNE
From the cottage in Kings Newton the family bought this house in Derby Road, Melbourne.COTTAGE AT KINGS NEWTON MELBOURNE
Victor Daniel and Ethel May Baker moved from Hayes Farm Morley where they had lived the first part of their married life to this little cottage in Kings Newton nr. Melbourne, Derbyshire. They moved as Victor Daniel began working as a labourer for Morley's farmers in Trent Lane. The cottage was very small - the back part of the photo (front part was a store or another cottage ?) boys slept in one room and girls in another and parents downstairs.Dad and Gerald both remember calling at the pork butchers in High Street (part of the thatched cottage) to collect hot faggots in gravy, during their lunchbreak from school, then running all the way back to Kings Newton with them.
INFORMATION ON HAYES FARM MORLEY
The Yates family - Ernest and Elizabeth Yates and their children including Ethel May moved to Hayes Farm Morley Derbyshire in 1905 (from Brown House, Ashleyhay)
Morley Hayes was the original estate farm to the adjacent Morley Manor. The Manor was first mentioned in the year 1002. When the Domesday Survey was compiled it belonged to Henry de Ferrers: in the reign of Henry III to the Abbey of Chester: at the dissolution it was conferred upon Sir William Paget: on the forfeiture of the Paget estates it was granted by James I to Anthony Roper and from thence on passed into the hands of the Sacheverells.
Sir Hugh Sacheverell was fatally injured in Morley Hayes Woods whilst returning from hunting at Elvaston castle. He is buried in the beautiful mausoleum in the grounds of St Mathews Church.
Following his death the estate was acquired by the Fitz-Herbert-Wright family, the owners of The Butterley Company and builders of St. Pancras Station in London.
Following the sale of the estate, The Manor became an orphanage and the Morley Hayes farm, a very successful dairy farm. Morley Hayes farm bred a world famous herd of Friesian cattle, The Feran Herd.
The Allsop family, still the present owners and operators, purchased Morley Hayes in the early1980’s and continued to farm the land until the decline in UK farming. The decision to diversify led to the construction of the golf courses and restaurants. Careful restoration work has allowed much of the historic character of the farm to remain. The extension to the Roosters Bar was built out of reclaimed Pennine Stone. The stone was taken out of railway tunnels in Manchester and still to this day soot can still be seen on a few stones near the entrance to Roosters.
The Morley Hayes Hotel was opened in 2005 by HRH The Duke of Gloucester.
Morley Hayes was the original estate farm to the adjacent Morley Manor. The Manor was first mentioned in the year 1002. When the Domesday Survey was compiled it belonged to Henry de Ferrers: in the reign of Henry III to the Abbey of Chester: at the dissolution it was conferred upon Sir William Paget: on the forfeiture of the Paget estates it was granted by James I to Anthony Roper and from thence on passed into the hands of the Sacheverells.
Sir Hugh Sacheverell was fatally injured in Morley Hayes Woods whilst returning from hunting at Elvaston castle. He is buried in the beautiful mausoleum in the grounds of St Mathews Church.
Following his death the estate was acquired by the Fitz-Herbert-Wright family, the owners of The Butterley Company and builders of St. Pancras Station in London.
Following the sale of the estate, The Manor became an orphanage and the Morley Hayes farm, a very successful dairy farm. Morley Hayes farm bred a world famous herd of Friesian cattle, The Feran Herd.
The Allsop family, still the present owners and operators, purchased Morley Hayes in the early1980’s and continued to farm the land until the decline in UK farming. The decision to diversify led to the construction of the golf courses and restaurants. Careful restoration work has allowed much of the historic character of the farm to remain. The extension to the Roosters Bar was built out of reclaimed Pennine Stone. The stone was taken out of railway tunnels in Manchester and still to this day soot can still be seen on a few stones near the entrance to Roosters.
The Morley Hayes Hotel was opened in 2005 by HRH The Duke of Gloucester.
EARLY PHOTO OF ETHEL MAY YATES AT FARM
Early photo of Ethel May Yates, her mother Elizabeth Yates (nee Tudor) and her brother Ernest Yates.At that time they were living at 'Brown House' Ashleyhay, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
1911 CENSUS INFORMATION HAYES FARM MORLEY
HAYES FARM MORLEY
In 1911 the census lists the following occupants :
Ernest Yates Head of Household Aged 44 Married Farmer born Brailsford
Elizabeth Yates Wife Aged 49 Married 20 years Born Basford staffs
Ethel May Yates Daughter Aged 19 Single / Farmers daughter / dairy worker / bn. Ashleyhay
Hilda Mary Yates Daughter Aged 16 Single / Farmers daughter / dairy worker / bn. Ashleyhay
Ada Elizabeth Yates Daughter Aged 15 Single /Farmers daughter / dairy worker/ bn. Ashleyhay
William Ernest Yates Aged 13 / at School born Ashleyhay, Derbyshire
Jessie Victoria Yates Daughter Aged 9 / Schoolgirl / born. Ashleyhay
Henry Hazelwood servant aged 20 waggoner on farm. bn. Newmarket
John Vernon Chadwick. Servant aged 14. Milk boy on farm. bn Balidon. Derbyshire.
In 1911 the census lists the following occupants :
Ernest Yates Head of Household Aged 44 Married Farmer born Brailsford
Elizabeth Yates Wife Aged 49 Married 20 years Born Basford staffs
Ethel May Yates Daughter Aged 19 Single / Farmers daughter / dairy worker / bn. Ashleyhay
Hilda Mary Yates Daughter Aged 16 Single / Farmers daughter / dairy worker / bn. Ashleyhay
Ada Elizabeth Yates Daughter Aged 15 Single /Farmers daughter / dairy worker/ bn. Ashleyhay
William Ernest Yates Aged 13 / at School born Ashleyhay, Derbyshire
Jessie Victoria Yates Daughter Aged 9 / Schoolgirl / born. Ashleyhay
Henry Hazelwood servant aged 20 waggoner on farm. bn. Newmarket
John Vernon Chadwick. Servant aged 14. Milk boy on farm. bn Balidon. Derbyshire.
POSTCARD FROM AUSTRALIA
Postcard written by Victor Daniel Baker while in Australia to Ethel May Yates.
That this is the best country (Australia), for New Zealand is more thickly populated and there is a lot of New Zealanders over here. This is my tent, mate and myself with an axe each over our shoulders, we had just been out wood chopping. I believe I sent you one of these with the others last week but am not sure. Hope you got the others alright last week but I must close now my love. I hope this will find you in the best of heath and spirits and leaves me A1 at present. Hope to hear from you next week for I shall be wondering how you are getting on. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Best and fondest love for ever. Dan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That this is the best country (Australia), for New Zealand is more thickly populated and there is a lot of New Zealanders over here. This is my tent, mate and myself with an axe each over our shoulders, we had just been out wood chopping. I believe I sent you one of these with the others last week but am not sure. Hope you got the others alright last week but I must close now my love. I hope this will find you in the best of heath and spirits and leaves me A1 at present. Hope to hear from you next week for I shall be wondering how you are getting on. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Best and fondest love for ever. Dan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
VICTOR DANIEL BAKER IN AUSTRALIA 1910-1915
Victor Daniel Baker went to Australia in 1910 on a £10 ticket - he was there until 1910 and returned to marry Ethel May. During his time there he worked on the canals. As the photo shows they lived in tents - once a snake slithered over him while he was lying in the tent - he froze and the snake continued on its way
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