| RUTH BELL ALBUM, JAMAICA LINE This is one of two fine Victorian albums that have descended down the generations of the Jamaica Line to the present owner. One was started by Mary Jane Rawes and the other by Ruth her sister in law, the wife of Joseph William Rawes. The Mary Jane bible is probably the older and is dealt with separately. Trying to date an album can be more difficult than trying to date the photographs they contain. Photographs can be older than the album and in this case it cannot be ruled out that a photograph could have started off in one and ended up in the other. As the album contains many members of the Rawes family, it is fairly safe to assume that this album dates from shortly after Ruth Bell's marriage to Joseph William Rawes's marriage on 2 October 1888. The present keeper of the bible is Judith Mary Rawes, daughter of Frank Rawes. The bible was inherited by Frank, Joseph and Ruth's son. The photographs in the album probably represent both Rawes and Bell relatives. This fact must be taken into consideration when trying to identify some of the un-named individuals. Trying to identify the individuals within the album, unless already known, is very difficult. A couple of the photographs are replicated in the Mary Jane album. The copying of these photographs was carried out by me in the 1990's by kind permission of Judith Mary. A skeleton pedigree of this branch has been constructed as an aid in identifying some of the sitters.
1816 1861
Mary = John = Agnes
Eccles | Rawes Coulson
d 1839 | d 1864
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John Mary Agnes Elizabeth John Joseph Francis Sarah William Annie Robert
b1818 b1819 b1821 b1824 b1826 b1928 b1828 b1831 Thompson b1835 b1838
d1818 of of = 1855 Isle of b1833
Isle Keswick | Sarah Man = 1858
of Man | Mirehouse | Dinah
| | Burrows
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Mary Mary Jane John Joseph Lily Annie
Francis 1859-1891 1861-1911 William b1869 1872-1856
b1857 Australia 1864-1953 = Angus
= Maria = 1888 Backhouse
| Elizabeth | Ruth Bell
| Andrews |
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Rydal Brathay John Rothay Lily Frank John
Margaret Lily Andrews Doris 1893-1982 1896-1983 1901-1960
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William = Jane
Burrows |
b1810 | b1811
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John Dinah Joseph Birkett Faith Jane William Elizabeth Tom Martha
b1833 b1835 b1838 b1840 b1842 b1845 b1848 b1851 b1851 b1852
= Crosthwaite
10 Nov 1858
William T
Rawes
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| Exact layout of the photographs in the album has not been recorded. | |||
 Ruth Rawes née Bell |
 Mr & Mrs John Rigg, Australia |
 Miss Wilson, possibly a daughter of Elizabeth, sister of William Thompson Rawes. Another photo of her is in the Mary Jane album. |
 Mr & Mrs Callender of Ambleside. Note photograph of Alex Callender |
 Unknown, dress suggests the 1860's or earlier. |
 Sister of Dinah Burrows & Uncle John. Dinah, née Burrows was WIlliam Thompson Rawes's wife. |
 John Rawes, 1861 - 1911. |
 Unknown - Mansfield is written on back. |
 Alex Callender, Ambleside. Note facial similarity to Fred. |
 Rita & Fred, Ambleside. Probably Bells |
 Rita, Ambleside. Probably a Bell. |
 Aunt Mary, née Bell, Carlisle. Note facial similarity of Rita. |
 Cousin Annie Gill (Burrows). Another copy is in the Mary Jane album. |
 Unknown, Carlisle is written on the back. |
 Joe Jenkinson (Grasmere). For another photo of him, see the Mary Jane album. |
 Unknown - Ambleside is written on back. |
 On another photo of her in the Mary Jane album, she is styled 'Nanie'. Keswick is written on the back. |