Discovery #4

This was a wonderful find, and got me very excited. In looking through all the old pictures of Smithfield, this one was in the "Music envelope". Here is an old picture of the Smithfield Band in the late 1800's. The man standing next to the large drum is William's son, William Thomas Ainscough. William Thomas, was one of only a few surviving sons of William. He grew up in Smithfield, married, raised a family and had a large farm. He decided to move to Canada in 1899 and homestead. He and other families from Smithfield went, including the Pitchers, and Hammers. When I was a little kid, about ten years old, I would go to Canada and stay with my grandparents Elmer and Evelyn Ainscough, just down the road were the neighbors, the Pitchers.

Discovery #3

Here is a closeup of Alfred Ainscough, son of William.

Discovery #2

Linda Gittins, volunteer worker, let us look through all the boxes we wanted for pictures.  I came across this one of the Smithfield Tabernacle Choir.  As I studied all the faces on this picture, I found a son of William, Alfred Ainscough.  The next picture I post will have a closeup of Alfred.

Discoveries in the fall of 2007, #1

On the wall of the Smithfield museum was a very large frame of multiple pictures of the early settlers of Smithfield.  The first two pictures to see in the top left corner was William Ainscough and Mary Clark Ainscough his wife.  The third picture from the left is their son, William Thomas Ainscough, my great-great grandfather.  The picture of William I had seen before, my mother has it in her genealogy.  I think it is the only picture that we all have of William.