Author: Tee Bylo

Writer. Seeker of Elusive Ancestors. Wanderer of Cemeteries. Sometime Artist. Byronian. Whatever...

The Flesh IS Frail?

Posted on by Tee Bylo in DeadSleuth, Glasgow Necropolis Scotland, Maternal Ancestors, Paternal Ancestors, St Mary Bishophill Junior York North Yorkshire, St Mary The Virgin Whitby North Yorkshire, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire, The Town of Staithes North Yorkshire, The Town of Whitby North Yorkshire

As my interest has been piqued as of late by the welcome appearance of thrice-wed grandmothers, social reformers, lunatics and unmarried mothers – my feelings of female solidarity have been awakened.

This Silent Land?

Posted on by Tee Bylo in Civil Registration, DeadSleuth, Graveyard Squirrel, Graveyards and Churchyards, Kensal Green Cemetery London, Parish Records, St Mary Bishophill Senior Graveyard York North Yorkshire, Undercliffe Cemetery West Yorkshire, York Cemetery North Yorkshire

Have you ever heard the one about how there are only two things that are certain to us? The first one being that we are all subject to some form of taxation and the second is that one day we WILL all die.

Heigh Ho! It’s Off to Bow I Go!

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Wedding, DeadSleuth, Maternal Ancestors, The City of London, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire

“Look to the past to see what the future holds.” I like this quote from author Celia Conrad in the second of her Alicia Allen Investigates - Wilful Murder. I often find myself looking to the past for if I’m not in search of an elusive ancestor for a client or trawling through the 1911 … Continue reading Heigh Ho! It’s Off to Bow I Go! →

Blood Sweeps the November Lands

Posted on by Tee Bylo in DeadSleuth, Maternal Ancestors, The City of London, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Flesh IS Frail?, Warmfield-cum-Heath West Yorkshire, World War I

As I watched from the shadows as the volunteers carefully plucked the ceramic poppies from the muddy ground and into the safety of their cardboard nests - I was feeling disappointed that no poppy would be finding its forever home with me.

Late for An Important Date!

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Baptismal Record, A Birth Certificate, A Wedding, Civil Registration, DeadSleuth, Desperately Seeking Clarice!, Maternal Ancestors, Parish Records, The City of Hull East Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire, World War I, World War II

Although I don’t usually enjoy receiving brown envelopes through the post - I will make an exception when one arrives from the General Records Office or the GRO as it known here in the UK.

Peace Under a Scarboro’ Heaven

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Death Certificate, A Funeral, A Suicide, Crematoria, Desperately Seeking Clarice!, Hull Northern Cemetery East Yorkshire, Maternal Ancestors, The City of Hull East Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire, Woodlands Crematoria Scarboro' North Yorkshire

Although there are always more questions than answers with Clarice - the events of that week do appear to have happened rather quickly and having taken a look through my archives and in the absence of any memorial card, letter of sympathy or an order of service I have discovered some images from a June visit to Woodlands Crematorium in the coastal town of Scarborough.

Suicide is NOT Painless!

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Suicide, Desperately Seeking Clarice!, Maternal Ancestors, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire

Even though 'Poor Clarice' Tibbett breathed her last on Tuesday June 19 1962 - her final journey had begun some three days previously. For on a cloudy but warm Saturday afternoon - she made the decision to go to an upstairs bedroom and swallow the entire contents of a bottle of prescribed sleeping tablets.

Desperately Seeking Clarice!

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Suicide, An Inquest, DeadSleuth, Desperately Seeking Clarice!, Graveyard Squirrel, Hull Northern Cemetery East Yorkshire, Maternal Ancestors, The City of Hull East Yorkshire, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire, World War II

Many years ago as my Grandmother would regale me with a myriad of tales about our family history - I recall that it was at the first mention of "Poor Clarice" that my interest was REALLY piqued.