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WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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Taken about 1900

John Newton writes:
I have just come across the photo of William Calow - double bass maker - on your website. William was the grandfather of my grandmother Elsie Newton (nee Calow, father Thomas who committed suicide in 1905). Elsie married George Newton, and there is one surviving son of Elsie living in Nottingham - my uncle George. I am John Newton, and live in Sheffield, aged 55. I work as a consulting engineer, but one of my hobbies is classical guitar making, which I find very coincidental, and happened before I had researched the Calows !! I wonder if you have contact details of Veronica Bryan Smith (Oswestry) - the email address given on your website does not work, and I would dearly like to get in touch with 'new relations'. I can be contacted by return email (work address) or at home on [email address hidden] I have in the past two years done extensive research on my family tree, and this is now loaded on to Family Tree maker software
Hope you can help
Kind Regards
John Newton

William CALOW 1847-1910

From: Veronica Bryan-Smith (v.bryansmith#btopenworld.com) (change # to @)
Subject: William Calow
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:12:47 -0000
To:

Don't know if it's of interest, but I'm attaching a photograph of my Great Grandfather, William Calow from Tansley, born 1847. His father, Thomas, was also from Tansley, and his father, Francis, from Matlock. The photograph was taken in Nottingham - so not particularly 'local' - where he and his sons, Thomas and Francis, were repairers and makers of stringed instruments, known particularly for the double bass. They have brief mentions on a few websites such as 'contrabass' and 'gallerystrings'.

Sorry about the quality, but my 'original' is a very faded photograph of a photograph!

With best wishes - and many thanks for all the information and enjoyment your site provides.

Veronica Bryan-Smith
Oswestry
Shropshire

The fairly small CALOW family centred on Tansley can be seen on the following census links:
1841: Ty047, Ty074
1851: Ty095, Ty098, Ty101, Ty104
1861: Ty031, Ty035, Ty037
1871: Ty117, Ty119
1881: Ty022, Mk0291
1891: Ty095, Mk0904
1901: Mk0538

"As one reached the bottom of the Knoll [in Tansley], just before the stream that passes under the road, there was a mill set back from the lane. This was the Bobbin Mill (now a dwelling) where Robert Black, together with neighbours William Sanderson and Joseph Calow turned wooden bobbins for use in the Tansley mills. We shall also find that William Sanderson had his own spindle mill at Foxholes, just across the stream".
"Tansley Remembered" by Keith Taylor 

Dates:1847-1910
Photo taken:c1900
Size:
Source:Veronica Bryan-Smith, Oswestry

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Outline Pedigree

    

                             1761    Matlock
                             Francis 1791    Mary
                             CALOW=====v=====LUDLAM
                                       |
                 |---------------------|-----------------|
                 |                                       |
                Matlock                                 Matlock
                1795     Crich   1796                   1800    Crich   1805
                William  1817    Phebe                  FRANCIS 1822    Mary
                CALOW======v=====SMITH                  CALOW=====v=====CROSSLEY
                           |                                      |
 |------|-----|-------|----|--|----------|-------|                |
 |      |     |       |       |          |       |                |
1826   1826  1827     |      1832       1837    1839              |
Sarah  Mary  Samuel   |      Elizabeth  Hannah  John              |
                      |                                           |
                      |                                           |
                     1830            1830                        1823            1824
                     Joseph  1860    Mary                        Thomas  1843    Martha
                     CALOW=====v=====MASON                       CALOW=====v=====BONSALL   
                               |                                           |
                               |                                           |
                   |-------|---|----|                  |--------|-------|--|--|
                   |       |        |                  |        |       |     |
                  1862    1867      |                  |       1850    1855  1861
                  Thomas  William   |                  |       Joseph  Mary  Francis
                                    |                  |
                 1873              1869               1847
                 Bertha     ?      Samuel             William
                    ?  =====v===== CALOW              CALOW=====v===== ?
                            |                         1910      |
                            |                                   |
                        |---|---|                           |---|---|
                        |       |                           |       |
                       1897    1899                        1868    1884
                       George  Ida                         Thomas  Francis
                                                           1905    1925

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