Dates
| The Onlooker | Census or other record | |
| c 1810 | Moses Ascoli born | |
| 1814 | Elizbeth Lee born Aldgate to father Joseph Lee, a hat maker | |
| 1839 May 2 | Moses Ascoli and Elizabeth Lee (formerly Levy) married at 67 Houndsditch, Whitechapel, under the auspices of the Bevis Marks Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue | |
| 1841 | Janette Ascoli born | |
| 1843 | Esther Ascoli born | |
| 1848 | Marcus born (cert copy) to Morris Ascoli (Cigar maker) and Elizabeth Ascoli |
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| 1851 | Jane Palmer, mother, born | Elizabeth Ascoli (grandmother) 37 Marcus Ascoli 3 |
| 1859-60 | Moses Ascoli died | |
| 1871 April 2 | 28 Nottingham Place, Mile End Old Town, Tower Hamlets, London E1 (further information.) Elizabeth Ascoli 57 – Monthly Nurse Amelia Ascoli 15 – Waist coat maker Marcus Ascoli 12 also in residence: Mary E Greene 48 – Waist coat maker Elizabeth Greene 19 – Waist coat maker |
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| 1874/75 | Married “first year or two Elizabeth on the way” | |
| 1877 August 5 | Marcus Ascoli married Jane Elizabeth Palmer (cert copy) | |
| 1878 ? | Elizabeth born | |
| 1880 Feb 5 | Walter born | (cert copy) |
| 1881 April 3 | 19 Latimer Street, Mile End Old Town, Tower Hamlets, east London Marcus 33 – Library Attendant Jane E Ascoli 29 Elizabeth 2 yrs 9 months Walter Marcus 18 months |
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| 1884 Jan | Stepney to Edmonton | |
| 1884 | Alice born (9 1/2 after marriage) | |
| 1886 | Edith born, Herbert born | |
| 1987 approx. | Father retired | |
| 1888 July 9 | Henrietta and Beatrice born. Walthamstow | |
| 1890 Winter | to Clapton, Alice nearly 7 | |
| 1891 April 5-6 | Bognor Regis, West Sussex Marcus Ascoli 43 – Attendant Guildhall, London 178 Elderfield Road, Hackney E5 Jane E Ascoli 39 – Wife Elizabeth Ascoli 12 – Scholar Edith Amelia Ascoli 9 – Scholar Alice Maud Ascoli 7 – Scholar Herbert Alfred Ascoli 5 – Scholar Beatrice Maud Ascoli 2 Henrietta Ascoli 1 Elizabeth Ascoli 77 |
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| 1892 May | Percy born, Alice well over 8 | |
| 1896 ? | Henrietta died month or two before ninth birthday | |
| 1901 March 30-31 | 178 Elderfield Road, Hackney, east London E5 Marcus Ascoli 53 – Retired Library Assistant Jane E Ascoli 49 – Wife Elizabeth Ascoli 22 – Elementary Schoolteacher Walter Ascoli 21 – Solicitor’s Clerk Alice Maud Ascoli 17 – Teacher Beatrice Maud Ascoli 12 – Scholar Arthur Henry Ascoli 10 – Scholar Percy Edwin Ascoli 7 – Scholar Institute for blind or partial sighted people, east London Edith Amelia Ascoli 19 – Blind since childhood |
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| 1901 Oct | Father died aged 53 | Marcus Ascoli (cert copy) |
| 1902 | to Walthamstow | |
| 1903 | Herbert to Canada aged 17 | |
| 1907 | Arthur to Canada | |
| 1914/15 | Walter from Woodford to Higham’s Park, to South Benfleet | |
| 1916 | Herbert returns to England | |
| 1917 May | Edith died, Herbert killed in France | |
| 1917 Summer | Beatrice and James home, Molly born | |
| 1918 Oct | James Ryan killed | |
| 1918 Dec | Christmas at Benfleet | |
| 1921 June/July | Mother and Elizabeth visit Canada | |
| 1922 | Percy 30 and Margaret 20 married | |
| 1924 Jan | Beatrice died in Madagascar | |
| 1925 Nov 7 | Lorna born | |
| 1927 Nov | Percy died aged , Lorna 3 | |
| 1939 | Elizabeth retired aged 60 | |
| 1950 ? | Mother died nearly 78 | |
| 1959 ? | Walter died aged 79 | |
| 1962 | Alice writes “The Onlooker” | |
| 1965 | Alice died | |
| Arthur died |