Hannah Ashton (nee Cooper) Born in Grenoside, 1854

Hannah had a hard childhood scrubbing floors and cellars in a butcher's shop and working in the fields to earn money.  One of her brothers was drowned when the Dale Dyke Dam burst in 1864. She married Fred Ashton of Babington and then settled in High Green.  She became the local midwife at High Green.

Image Details

Archiving Reference Number R/118/a/P
Date 1910
Search Year 1910
Type Photograph
Photographer/Artist
Publisher
Contributor/s Doreen Smith
Area Grenoside
Collection Holder C&HGA
Date Donated to the EDA 1st March 2024

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