The Harris to Ascough Family Bible
Below are copies of the pages located between the Old and New Testaments in the Bible. The Bible belonged to Thomas and Mary Harris and was passed down through the generations. It passed into the hands of Ethel Harris, who was born in 1882 and was the granddaughter of Thomas and Mary. Ethel Harris married William Henry Ascough in 1905 and had four children. Henry "Harry" Harris Ascough was the second child, born in 1910, but the eldest son and the Bible was passed to him and then to his elder son, Keith Judge Ascough, who was born in 1941. The Bible was printed in Scotland in the early 1860's by which time it is thought that Thomas and Mary had moved from South Wales to the Middlesborough area of Teesside. It is interesting to extract some of the stories of births, life and deaths of these people.
Thomas and Mary were both Welsh and so their children, even though born in Yorkshire were of pure Welsh lineage. Thus Harry was half Welsh and Keith one quarter Welsh. The Ascough name can be found in records and documents in the Yorkshire area going back several centuries. In 2008, when Keith and Zdenka arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden to receive their new Volvo, the driver immediately noted that the word 'ascough' is derived from the Swedish words for forest and river. Perhaps ancient Ascoughs or Ayscoughs or Aysceughs descended from Nords who crossed the North Sea many centuries before.
One may note the beautiful copperplate script used by the original owners of the Bible and compare it, perhaps not so kindly with the unscriptlike notes and annotations in turquoise ink from Harry's favorite Parker 51 pen. Despite the adverse comparison the writings contain useful information unrecorded elsewhere.
Thomas and Mary were both Welsh and so their children, even though born in Yorkshire were of pure Welsh lineage. Thus Harry was half Welsh and Keith one quarter Welsh. The Ascough name can be found in records and documents in the Yorkshire area going back several centuries. In 2008, when Keith and Zdenka arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden to receive their new Volvo, the driver immediately noted that the word 'ascough' is derived from the Swedish words for forest and river. Perhaps ancient Ascoughs or Ayscoughs or Aysceughs descended from Nords who crossed the North Sea many centuries before.
One may note the beautiful copperplate script used by the original owners of the Bible and compare it, perhaps not so kindly with the unscriptlike notes and annotations in turquoise ink from Harry's favorite Parker 51 pen. Despite the adverse comparison the writings contain useful information unrecorded elsewhere.
The sheet below is the first effort at recording the Harris/Ascough/Judge/Pavel/Kubec families, which has a long way to go...