The Picture Page

These pages include pictures of people, places (villages), and miscellaneous things. After viewing a picture, use the browser back button to return to this page. Unless specified otherwise, all dates refer to birth years.

People

Alfred George Derrick (1882)

Alfred was the son of Cornelius (1853). He married Lilian May Brooks and had three children (Doris May, Alfred Gordon, and Gilbert). He at one time worked for the Bristol Times and Mirror, and then took over his father's business in 1921. He served in the WWI and was taken prisoner in 1918.

Cornelius Derrick (1853)

Cornelius Derrick was born in Blagdon in Somerset, and went to live in Bristol. He took up work for a Mr Hawkes who owned an ironmongers and ships' stores shop in Bristol. Eventually Mr Hawkes retired, and Cornelius bought the business but not the property. His son later bought the property. The shop is shown in another picture. Find Cornelius in my database as Cornelius (Abt 1854) as a father of a family, or as Cornelius (1853) as a child of Edwin Derrick. There are pictures of two of his sons here, also - Alfred George and Cornelius

Cornelius Derrick (Abt 1881)

Cornelius was the son of Cornelius (1853) listed above. He had two daughters Rose and Evelyn, but was killed in WWI.

Elizabeth Derrick (1834)

Her father was William Derrick, sometime bailiff of Temple Down farm on top of the Mendips. He died prematurely in 1838 when she was four. Elizabeth married George Dimond at the age of 16 at West Harptree, Somerset, he being 10 years older than she. She and husband George are thought to be the center pair in this picture.  She is listed as Elizabeth (1834) as a child of William in the children's index and as Elizabeth (Abt 1834) in the mothers' index.

Ellen Derrick (1890)

Ellen was born in 1890 in Peasedown St John, near Bath, in Somerset. Her father was William Albert Derrick, a half brother to Richard. She married Ernest Dimond in 1912, in a double marriage with her sister Lucy. This picture, which is a digital photograph of a Xerox copy of an old photograph, shows Ellen with her new husband, Ernest, on the right. On the left, is Lucy with her new husband, Gilbert Fricker. In the middle are thought to be Ernest's grandparents, George and Elizabeth Dimond (formerly Elizabeth Derrick). Elizabeth was the sister of the grandfather of Ellen, making Ellen and Ernest second cousins. Ellen an Ernest emigrated to Illinois, USA,  Ellen died in 1943. This picture was taken when she was age 42. Look her up in the records under Ellen (Abt 1890) in the mothers' index, or as Ellen (1890) in the children's index.

Lucy Derrick (1893)

Her father was William Albert Derrick, a half brother to Richard. Married in a double wedding with sister Ellen Derrick (1890). She and her husband went to South Wales. Lucy died in 1922.

Melinda Derrick (1848)

Her father was Richard (1813) and she was sister to three others pictured here - Walter, Sarah, and Rachel. Though raised at Chilcompton, Somerset, she went to work for a physician at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She married William Green, a pastry cook in 1884, but he died four years later. Around 1891 she was running a confectioner's with her niece Melinda Weaver. In 1897 she married Herbert Henry Butler, who had a farm at Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Melinda kept a diary which included many facts about her family. This was given to her niece, Melinda Weaver, and has survived to the present day. The picture shows her with her niece when the latter was 6 weeks old, and therefore dates back to 1873. You will find Melinda in the records as a child of Richard (Abt 1813) of Chilcompton, or as a mother as Melinda (Abt 1848) of Cheltenham and Charlton Kings (one record for each husband).

Rachel Hooper Derrick (1838)

Rachel was a daughter of Richard (1813). This picture was taken in 1866 before she married John Weaver in 1869, while this one was taken after. They lived at Buckland Dinham, Somerset. You will find Rachel in the records as a child of Richard (Abt 1813) of Chilcompton, or as a mother as Rachel (Abt 1838) of Buckland Dinham. There are pictures of three siblings here, also - Melinda, Sarah, and Walter.

Richard Derrick (1866)

Richard is shown here in three pictures. The first is with his young family, and wife, Sarah Summers. The second with his family at a later date - my grandfather Albert Walter Derrick is at the back on the right. The third picture was taken at the wedding of Albert to Rose Palmer. I think that the shot ws taken on Bath Road, Peasedown St John. Richard is standing about two from the right of Albert (our left). Richard was a coal miner, as was Albert for a time, and both lived at Peasedown. Richard was one of six brothers (George, Mark, John, Oliver, and Henry), and had one half brother, William. Because of these brothers, Peasedown was full of Derricks for a while. William was the father of Ellen and Lucy.

Sarah Ann Kingman Derrick (1846)

Sarah was known by her second name (Annie), and was a child of Richard (1813) and a sister to Rachel, Melinda, and Walter. She married Joseph Blundell in 1878 and went to live near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They had no surviving children. This picture was taken after she had married. She can be found in the records as a child of Richard (Abt 1813) or as a mother as Sarah Ann (Abt  1846).

Walter W Derrick (1851)

Walter was the son of Richard (1813), and the brother to Melinda, Rachel, and Sarah. At some time he went to India to work. Here he is by himself, and here with two fellow workers (he is on the right). You will find him in the records as a child of Richard (Abt 1813) of Chilcompton.

Places

I have a couple of pictures of places here. Richard Derrick has many more pictures of churches in Somerset, Bristol, and elsewhere.

Ubley

Ubley, in Somerset, is a village lying on the north face of the Mendips, and looks over the Chew River valley. It, together with the neighboring villages of Blagdon, Compton Martin, Burrington, and the Harptrees, was the birthplace of several hundred Derricks from the late 1500s to the middle 1800s. By the latter time, few were left, however, as most had moved away to Bristol and other places. Ubley had connections with lead mining, and also with teazle growing. The picture is of the parish church.

Butcombe

Facing Ubley across the Chew valley is the tiny village of Butcombe in Somerset. It has a splendid little church set on the edge of the combe, with a view (now) over the Chew valley reservoirs towards the Mendips. A few Derricks from Ubley and Blagdon were married or lived around here. I include it because I love the church.

Miscellaneous

Cornelius Derrick's shop

See the entry for Cornelius Derrick given above. This is his shop in Bristol. At one time a house for a one-time mayor of Bristol, it stood in this spot until the 1960s, when it was torn down for redevelopment. The text below the photograph was written by the person who supplied the picture to me, and does not refer to my family.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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