Anne M Powers
@annempowers.bsky.social
#Genealogist and #historian currently researching enlightenment families of #Derby, UK.
Author of A Parcel of Ribbons; The Female Infidel; Silk Threads and Ironworks.
Also current #politics and stuff. Reposting does not necessarily imply endorsement
Author of A Parcel of Ribbons; The Female Infidel; Silk Threads and Ironworks.
Also current #politics and stuff. Reposting does not necessarily imply endorsement
The days when you could arrange for a train to stop specially for those attending a funeral. The joys of #oldnewspapers.
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The days when you could arrange for a train to stop specially for those attending a funeral. The joys of #oldnewspapers.
As far as I can tell four of these lived to adulthood and there may have been two more single births. Tough women and good wet nursing.
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As far as I can tell four of these lived to adulthood and there may have been two more single births. Tough women and good wet nursing.
A break from #genealogy and #history to use some of the huge amount of fruit we have this year.
August 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A break from #genealogy and #history to use some of the huge amount of fruit we have this year.
Poor little Gemini AI couldn't cope with a #genealogy query. Though to be fair it did cope with a simpler one and was mostly searching in the right places. What it didn't tell me, what I already knew, that the critical #parishregister for the early #1600s is missing.
June 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Poor little Gemini AI couldn't cope with a #genealogy query. Though to be fair it did cope with a simpler one and was mostly searching in the right places. What it didn't tell me, what I already knew, that the critical #parishregister for the early #1600s is missing.
A day late for #MothersDay but she was about 2 when this was taken in 1918 and lived a hundred years more. Much missed especially when family #genealogy questions arise. Always try to ask the questions while there is still someone alive who can answer them.
March 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A day late for #MothersDay but she was about 2 when this was taken in 1918 and lived a hundred years more. Much missed especially when family #genealogy questions arise. Always try to ask the questions while there is still someone alive who can answer them.
Henrietta Frederica Anne Gale, later #Carlill (1845-99), named for her father and his twin brother - my mother's great aunt. Taken in London probably about the time of her marriage in 1878.
March 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Henrietta Frederica Anne Gale, later #Carlill (1845-99), named for her father and his twin brother - my mother's great aunt. Taken in London probably about the time of her marriage in 1878.
An Essay on Government by #TheFemaleInfidel Rachael Fanny Antonina Dashwood. Sold by #JohnJosephStockdale Possibly one of the copies she sent to #ThomasJefferson. Rebound by the lovely #MattEdwardsBookbinding of #DerbyMuseums.
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
An Essay on Government by #TheFemaleInfidel Rachael Fanny Antonina Dashwood. Sold by #JohnJosephStockdale Possibly one of the copies she sent to #ThomasJefferson. Rebound by the lovely #MattEdwardsBookbinding of #DerbyMuseums.
My grandmother as a medical student in London met #pioneering doctor Elizabeth Blackwell
March 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My grandmother as a medical student in London met #pioneering doctor Elizabeth Blackwell
One in the eye for Trump!
March 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One in the eye for Trump!
Lucy Hardcastle of #Derby, #scientist #botanist #teacher *not* illegitimate daughter of #ErasmusDarwin, #genealogy. Important influence on Dr Francis Boott #LinneanSociety. Beautiful original art at #DerbyMuseums.
February 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Lucy Hardcastle of #Derby, #scientist #botanist #teacher *not* illegitimate daughter of #ErasmusDarwin, #genealogy. Important influence on Dr Francis Boott #LinneanSociety. Beautiful original art at #DerbyMuseums.
Alabaster angels #Mackworth church #Derbyshire destroyed by #arson December 2020. Elaborate pulpit, lectern and other #alabaster objects lost, church gutted but being rebuilt..
February 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Alabaster angels #Mackworth church #Derbyshire destroyed by #arson December 2020. Elaborate pulpit, lectern and other #alabaster objects lost, church gutted but being rebuilt..
Free with #Be-Ro flour, undated but probably #1950s after #rationing ended. Useful hints on making up the fire for your #coal oven, 'no more pleasing sight than that of a happy family around a well-stocked tea-table'. Still use recipe for 'Melting Moments', but not Be-Ro flour - nor a coal oven.
February 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Free with #Be-Ro flour, undated but probably #1950s after #rationing ended. Useful hints on making up the fire for your #coal oven, 'no more pleasing sight than that of a happy family around a well-stocked tea-table'. Still use recipe for 'Melting Moments', but not Be-Ro flour - nor a coal oven.
Between 16 Oct 1822 and Christmas Day 1823 Elizabeth Hodgson gave birth to six children. Despite being described as 'suffering extreme debility' she survived to have two more and lived to old age. One of each set of #triplets died in infancy but all the other children lived to grow up.
February 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Between 16 Oct 1822 and Christmas Day 1823 Elizabeth Hodgson gave birth to six children. Despite being described as 'suffering extreme debility' she survived to have two more and lived to old age. One of each set of #triplets died in infancy but all the other children lived to grow up.
This is Frances Lee, the mixed race daughter of Robert Cooper Lee and Priscilla Kelly, born in Jamaica in 1758 and painted in London by Francis Cotes in 1769.
February 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is Frances Lee, the mixed race daughter of Robert Cooper Lee and Priscilla Kelly, born in Jamaica in 1758 and painted in London by Francis Cotes in 1769.
The #FriendsAmbulanceUnit worked with #displacedpersons #DPs after the #liberation of Europe, including many who had been in #concentrationcamps such as #BergenBelsen. Photograph taken in Germany 1945 exact location unknown.
January 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The #FriendsAmbulanceUnit worked with #displacedpersons #DPs after the #liberation of Europe, including many who had been in #concentrationcamps such as #BergenBelsen. Photograph taken in Germany 1945 exact location unknown.
While not entirely accurate, this #19thC scrap of paper led me to an amazing family story, #Jamaican connections no-one in the family knew about, and ultimately to create both website and book #AParcelofRibbons.
January 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
While not entirely accurate, this #19thC scrap of paper led me to an amazing family story, #Jamaican connections no-one in the family knew about, and ultimately to create both website and book #AParcelofRibbons.
Great aunt Phoebe the #suffragette who stayed home to care for the parents while her sisters became a #silversmith, a #DLitt, and a #doctor pioneering #childwelfare clinics.
January 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Great aunt Phoebe the #suffragette who stayed home to care for the parents while her sisters became a #silversmith, a #DLitt, and a #doctor pioneering #childwelfare clinics.
For those who like old #hinges I give you this from a #Derbyshire #silk #frameworkknitter's cottage. Once external later incorporated into a village #pub. Early #19th century.
January 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
For those who like old #hinges I give you this from a #Derbyshire #silk #frameworkknitter's cottage. Once external later incorporated into a village #pub. Early #19th century.
Long lives fascinate. Elizabeth Sanderson Hanbury 1793-1901 saw three centuries and four monarchs - #GeorgeIII #GeorgeIV, #WilliamIV and #Victoria. Remembered as a child a 'pretty walk through the corn from Moor Fields to the village of Islington', fought #slavery worked with #ElizabethFry.
January 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Long lives fascinate. Elizabeth Sanderson Hanbury 1793-1901 saw three centuries and four monarchs - #GeorgeIII #GeorgeIV, #WilliamIV and #Victoria. Remembered as a child a 'pretty walk through the corn from Moor Fields to the village of Islington', fought #slavery worked with #ElizabethFry.
My #suffragette great aunt (in the dog cart). My grandmother couldn't risk endangering her scholarship training as a doctor in #London but my great grandmother also campaigned (it was her dog cart!). Photo about 1910.
January 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My #suffragette great aunt (in the dog cart). My grandmother couldn't risk endangering her scholarship training as a doctor in #London but my great grandmother also campaigned (it was her dog cart!). Photo about 1910.
#Quaker #FriendsAmbulanceUnit truck in Germany 1945. Among the first relief workers into Europe after #D-Day.
December 30, 2024 at 9:56 AM
#Quaker #FriendsAmbulanceUnit truck in Germany 1945. Among the first relief workers into Europe after #D-Day.
Part of a letter from my great aunt to her sister about bombing raids on London in October 1917. She had just been to rescue an elderly lady who had refused to leave London. A later letter describes getting home to Hendon from work during a raid.
December 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Part of a letter from my great aunt to her sister about bombing raids on London in October 1917. She had just been to rescue an elderly lady who had refused to leave London. A later letter describes getting home to Hendon from work during a raid.
#Cousin marriages are in the news and they can cause real problems when drawing #familytrees. Here's one from my 'Silk Threads and Ironworks' the other #WrightofDerby family who provide several examples over the #18thC and #19thC. Marriage for business advantage is also highlighted.
December 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
#Cousin marriages are in the news and they can cause real problems when drawing #familytrees. Here's one from my 'Silk Threads and Ironworks' the other #WrightofDerby family who provide several examples over the #18thC and #19thC. Marriage for business advantage is also highlighted.