Photocopied extracts of notable entries within an autograph book belonging to Bessie Kennaugh (Elizabeth Jane Kennaugh)
Date(s): 1890s
Creator(s): various
Scope & Content: Entries include captions and contributions written by William Cubbon (Director, Manx Museum) and Mrs Hortense Cubbon, March 1932; L Quilliam with watercolour illustration of boat; Maudie Quayle ('The Lhen Shore, Nightfall), January 1892; Joseph Woods, 17 March, 1946; and W Hanby (The Land of the Cushag), undated.
Administration / Biographical History: Bessie Kennaugh's family was from Ronague. She spent four years at St Thomas's School as a pupil teacher, later spending time at Southlands, London. Her full name was Elizabeth Jane Kennaugh. Bessie married Robert Ernest Edward Quilliam JP, a director of Todhunter and Elliott and on the board of the Douglas Gas Company. The family lived at St Anthony's (now Wychwood), Alexander Drive, Douglas, built in 1902 for Quilliam as part of Farrant's Park.
Language: English
Extent: 25 pages
Physical description: photocopy
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 13779
Record class: Private
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