Generational Photos ~ Aspden Line

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 7 (FAVOURITE DISCOVERY)


This year's plan for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is to fairly share the 4 family lines that make this Bramble Bush. 

Last year's challenge I focused predominantly on my side of the tree, and only wrote about my husband's side a few times. This year I set up a weekly rotating  plan before the 2020 weekly prompts were released. This week's prompt is FAVOURITE DISCOVERY from my mother-in-law's maternal line. 


I think this is the first time I have written about the ASPDEN family. When I was trying to decide who to write about I realized that I had researched this part of our tree so long ago that I remembered very little.


As I began looking through the entries I discovered that the Aspden family has always had a thing for photos. I was able to find photos of his ancestors on this line up to his X3 great grandparents. There are some lines of our tree that we have no photos past our great grandparents. 


My husband has a photography hobby. He takes amazing photos. We used to have a darkroom in our home, and he developed his own photos. He now uses digital. His first camera was a present from his grandmother Eva Alice (nee Aspden) Lee when he was a small child. Almost 45 years later the strap that holds his camera secure was the one on his grandmother's camera while he was growing up.

Grandma's camera strap still going on adventures

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My husband's grandparents

Clifton & Eva (nee Aspden) Lee

Eva Alice Aspden
BIRTH 4 SEP 1922 • Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

DEATH 23 AUG 2008 • Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

&

Clifton Alexander (Cliff) Lee

BIRTH 20 MAY 1902 • Northfield Centre, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada

DEATH 9 SEP 1979 • Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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My husband's great grandparents

Thircul & Kate (nee Powers) Aspden

Thircul Murney Aspden

BIRTH 4 APR 1883 • Houghton Tp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 25 APR 1963 • Courtland, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

&

Catherine Cameron (Kate) Powers

BIRTH 5 JUL 1888 • Tain, Rosshire, Scotland
DEATH 5 MAY 1978 • Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

 *** My husband remembers delivering tea & toast to his
great grandma Aspden when she lived with his grandparents in
Vienna, Ontario. He clearly remembers stirring 3 teaspoons of sugar
and a dash of milk into the tiny tea cup, and carefully carrying the
cup & saucer and side plate of toast to his beloved great grandma.  

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My husband's X2 great grandparents

Michael Aspden

Margaret Jane (nee Murphy) Aspden

Michael Aspden

BIRTH 8 DEC 1853 • Norfolk Co., Canada West
DEATH 25 JAN 1905 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Canada

&

Margaret Jane Murphy
BIRTH 16 OCT 1853 • Woodhouse Tp., Norfok Co., Canada West

DEATH 15 JAN 1932 • Langhton, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

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My husband's X3 great grandparents
(Michael's parents)

John & Martha (nee Wolfendon) Aspden

John Aspden

BIRTH 20 AUG 1819 • Brooks Bottoms, Bury, Lancashire, England
DEATH 7 MAR 1906 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Canada

&

Martha Wolfendon

BIRTH 10 OCT 1819 • Rochdale, Lancashire, England
DEATH 21 OCT 1888 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Canada

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My husband's X3 great grandparents
(Margaret's parents)

John & Elizabeth (nee Kniffen) Murphy

John Murphy

BIRTH 11 FEB 1833 • Charlotteville Tp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada

DEATH 23 AUG 1909 • Walsh, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

&

Elizabeth Kniffen

BIRTH 26 MAY 1833 • Charlotteville Tp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada

DEATH 2 MAY 1923 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

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Looking at these old photos it's apparent that photography is in the blood of the Aspden line. The older photos are from a time when photography was rare. This wasn't something done at home. You needed a highly skilled photographer to take, develop and print photos. This was a time when there wasn't funds for anything that you couldn't eat, grow, wear or ride. It must have been a special time to have the photos done. Looking at the photo of John & Elizabeth it wouldn't have been their wedding day because they are considerably older than 19 (which was how old they were when they got married). My husband definitely comes from a long line of photo enthusiasts. 

My husband's photo, Ocean Shores, Washington, June 2015

When the talents of your ancestors are passed down!







This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















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Photo Sources:

All photos of X2 & X3 great grandparents from Ancestry.
All others family photos.




Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/

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