Hilda Parkes autograph book

Date: 1900 [unknown]
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

This page documents entries in the autograph book of Hilda Marian (Parkes) Phoenix.

The book was completed by Hilda's friends and family from November 1900 onwards i.e beginning from when she was around 17 years old. It is currently in the possession of her great granddaughter Helen Flight.

The contents of the book vary from quick, simple quotations to elaborate and carefully completed paintings and sketches.

Page	Content	Name (or initials) of autographee	Date (if present)	Wikitree ID	Relationship to Hilda
1	Picture of 2 robins with holly, snow and 'Good Wishes'	E A Phoenix		Eric Arthur Phoenix	Son
2	Quote: Whoso findeth a wife findeth a "good thing", & obtaineth favour of the Lord. A prudent wife is from the Lord.	Harry Phoenix	12Apr1908	Harry Phoenix	Husband
3	Poem- Sleep and the roses	J Brown?	20Nov1926
4	Quote and small sketch of musical notes	J H Shorthouse	24Aug1908
5	Painting of cherries	Eric A Phoenix	14Sep1924	Eric Arthur Phoenix	Son
6	J Ruskin quote: No soul can be perfect in an imperfect body...	Claude N Smart	4Feb1910
7	Quote: To mans brightest jewels his friends	E Darnell	4Nov1923
8	Quote: To be able to have the things we want, that is riches ...	L Parker	27Oct1909
9	Quote: Lives of great men oft remind us, we can make our lives sublime...	Gwen M Birch	7May1928
10	Poem with first letter of each line spelling HANDEL	No name given, small photo stuck in of man in graduation cap & gown
11	Quote and sketch of flowers: She that good thinketh, good may do...	Dorothy E Parkes		Dorothy Enderby (Parkes) Myall	Sister
12	Tennyson quote: I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...	L H Taylor	5Nov1902
13	Richard II quote and sketch of flowers: The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation	Thos. Cowling	24Jun1901
14	Comic sketch- man with fly/ bee on nose	G O Myall		George Olley Myall	Brother-in-law
15	Quote and sketch of flowers: Do the work that's nearest, Tho' it's dull at whiles...	Maggie Parkes	4Nov1900	Margaret Annie Parkes	Sister
16	Painting of couple in period (regency?) dress and poem: Oh trust not, cling not to the hope of constancy below...	Gertrude I Ramsey	12Nov1900
17	Poem and sketch of britches on wall: Little Jeremiah's pants are hanging useless on the wall...	H Pilling	Brigham, 21Feb1907
18	Ben Jonson quote: True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends but in their worth & choice.	C W Broughton	8May1901
19	A stitch in time saves nine and simple sketch of sock and needle	Margery Richardson	28Oct1916
20	Poem: It was a dark and stormy night, The old man stood in the street...	Grace Boughey	14Apr1925 (or 28?)
21	Browning poem: The common problem- yours, mine, everyone's...	Emily P Strutt	Oct1902	Emily Pearson Strutt (1879-1971)	Cousin (sister of Elizabeth A Strutt, see page 57)
22	Poem: The Little Words "Good Bye"	ME or (RE?)	6Nov1900
23	Poem: Gently speak in accents tender, Of the friends ye loved of yore...	Annie Parrish	Oct1906	Annie (Phoenix) Parrish	Sister-in-law
24	Tolstoy quote: The idea of the family is a barbarism which the world must outgrow...	Frank Parrish	08Oct1906	Frank Parrish	Brother-in-law
25	Proverb: A virtuous woman. Her price is above rubies...	SC?	1Jul1913
26	Quote: May your life be sweet as roses and your husband meek as Moses	FMH	22Dec1903
27	Poem/ song and line of music: All is so usual, hour by hour, Men's spirits are so lightly twirl'd...	E M Barber	31Aug1912
28	Trust poem: Build a little fene of trust around to-day...	Olive C Parkes		Olive Chapman Parkes	Sister
29	Poem: Life is written in volumes three, The past - the present - the yet to be...	Gladys C Haines	16Dec1911
30	Poem: Question not, but live and labour, Till thy goal be won...	Harold Jolley (or Tolley?)	8Nov1902
31	Quote/poem: In life not death	Emmie Smart	8Feb1910
32	Comic poem: Figur-8-ive Courtship	Edith E Parkes	4Nov1900	Edith Emily (Parkes) Crane	Sister
33	Poem and sketch of leaves: May thy path be strewn with roses - Roses where no thorn appears! ...	N E Pilling	Feb1907
34	Longfellow quote and sketch of flowers: Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way ...	Winifred M Beck	21Jun1901	Winifred Mary Beck	Friend? Both lived in West Bridgford in 1901 and both born in 1883.
35	Poem- friendship: Thou many a joy around thee smile, And many a faithful friend you meet...	Ethel Gray	8Sep1901
36	Poem- the night has a thousand eyes, The day but one ...	A O Lowe	19Apr1905
37	Quote: Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes, they were easiest for his feet.	Minnie Bentley	Feb1923
38	Painting of swans with necks entwined and poem: A twist and a tangle, but it isn't a wrangle...	M Levy
39	Poem- whatever you are - be that	Gertrude Severn	6Jan1905
40	Sketch of a young woman	G O Myall		George Olley Myall	Brother-in-law
41	Sketch of 2 cats in human dress and poem: This sketch of mine has made me think, How I must use the precious ink...	GEH	11Dec1900
42	Quote- aim high but keep low	J Bramley?	2Dec1902
43	Poem: Work for some end, be it ever so lowly...	Phyllis Bramley	2Dec1902
44	Poem about clouds and silver linings	Edith M Lester	18Oct1908
45	Poem: What! My name in a book. Where all mankind bar none may spy...	P Race
46	Poem: Don't look for flaws as you go through life, and even when you find them...	H Smith	4Jul1913
47	Quote: The cause of many a silent tear (with corner of page folded over)	SC?	19Mar1922
48	Sketch of boy in tree "When it is not well to be top of the tree"	MLG
49	Browning poem: Let friend trust friend, and love demand its like...	Marion L Gray	1Feb1905
50	Poem- my task: To love some-one more dearly every day, To help a wandering child to find his way...	S A Phoenix	2Jul1905	Probably Sarah Ann (Rockley) Phoenix (1853-1935)	Grandmother
51	Poem: Oh, many a shaft at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant...	Ada Phoenix	28Jun1905	Ada (Phoenix) Parkes (1875-1946)	Sister-in-law
52	Poem- He that good seeketh, good will do...	Grace Boughey	14Apr1925
53	Tennyson poem: Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good...	Hilda Phoenix	1Jul1905	Hilda Phoenix (1888-1981)	Sister-in-law
54	George Washington quote- he who tries and fails is noble	SWM?	19Apr1923
55	Quote- the greatest pleasure I know...	R Holland	1930		Might be Robert Holland who was the cousin (but raised like brothers) of Hilda's son-in-law Harold Albery? Or possibly someone completely different.
56	Sherman quote- be yourself, simple, honest ...	Nellie Bentley	Feb1923
57	Bronte quote- if we would build on a sure foundation...	E A Strutt	6Oct1902	Elizabeth Ada Strutt (1877-)	Cousin (sister of Emily P Strutt, see page 21)
58	Poem- in days of old (so the chronicles say)...	M H Phoenix		Muriel Hilda (Phoenix) Albery (1908-1983)	Daughter
59	Poem- tho seldom we have met...	Robert Thorn	15May1913
60	Scott poem- it is the secret sympathy, the silver link, the silken tie ...	K Howard
61	Quote and sketch of flowers: After all, the kind of world one carries about in one's self is the important thing...	M Scotney	15Feb1915
62	Monochrome painting of baby with dogs	Ethel Bentley	Feb1925
63	'Lines from a bashful poet' (3 x blank lines)	?unclear	6Sep1900
64	Poem- music hath charms, so hath the ladies...	Wilfrid Birch