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genjen
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Aberdeen Photographers
« on: Sunday 07 September 08 19:59 UTC (UK) »

Hi,

I have a photograph of my great grandfather, probably taken sometime between 1915 and 1930. It has the name Middleton in the bottom right hand corner and I am assuming it was the name of the photographer. Can anyone tell me if there was a photographer of this name in Aberdeen at the time. My great grandfather had a daughter who married a man named Middleton, in Aberdeen and I am wondering if there is a connection here.

Cheers,

Jen
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 September 08 20:52 UTC (UK) »

Hi,
I can't specifically answer your query but if you don't get a definitive reply here, try posting on Photographic and Restoration board.

Dave
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 September 08 21:05 UTC (UK) »

Hi Jen,

I found this...

http://www.rootschat.com/links/049i/

Elaine

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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 September 08 21:17 UTC (UK) »

Hi Elaine,

That was a very useful link - looks like I am heading in the right direction. Ther man my great aunt married was an Edward Middleton, so quite possibly the son of the photographer. I'm not sure what his occupation was - whether he folowed in the family tradition.

Dave - I may well post the query on the photo thread as you suggest - it's more than likely that someone will have further information.

Thanks both.

Jen
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 September 08 13:22 UTC (UK) »

Hi Jen

An excellent booklet for helping date photos is [/i]"Photographers in North-Eastern Scotland to 1914"[i], compiled by by D Richard Torrance and published by the Scottish Genealogy Society.  I got my copy from ANESFHS a few years ago for £4.50 and it has been invaluable as it lists photographers and when they worked at specific addresses as per censuses and directories.

Yes, your Edward Middleton is in it:
[/b]MIDDLETON     Edward McIntosh[b]
1881        Apprentice photographer aged 14, b. Aberdeen, s/o John M., master tailor, and Jane F. M., resident 8 School Hill, Aberdeen.
1891-1914+     181 King Street, Aberdeen.  (1893-1896 Middleton's Studios; 1896 'E. & J. Middleton'.)

PS - I too have lots of photos by Middleton, and as I have MIDDLETON in my tree, I always wondered if there was a relationship there.  My Middletons came from Aberlour, Banffshire.
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 September 08 15:55 UTC (UK) »

Thank you, That is really useful.

I think that, if there is a connection, it would have been the son of this Edward M who was married to my great aunt. I need to do some further searching on this one.

Regards,

Jen
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 18 September 08 14:35 UTC (UK) »

I now have the marriage certificate for Edward Middleton and my great aunt Cathy Howe.

Edward was, indeed, the son of Edward McIntosh Middleton, photographer, but didn't follow in his father's footsteps - he was, like most of my family on this side, a merchant seaman.

So now... How to find out whether any family photographs by Edward Snr still exist, apart from the one of my great grandfather, which was the starting point of this thread.

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N.E.Scotland: Howe Shaw Raitt Milne Forsyth Birnie Crichton Duncan McBeath Daniel Hay Robertson Jaffrey Smith McDonald Alexander Craighead
NR Yorks: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 02 December 08 00:49 UTC (UK) »

Hi Jen

An excellent booklet for helping date photos is [/i]"Photographers in North-Eastern Scotland to 1914"[i], compiled by by D Richard Torrance and published by the Scottish Genealogy Society.  I got my copy from ANESFHS a few years ago for £4.50 and it has been invaluable as it lists photographers and when they worked at specific addresses as per censuses and directories.

Yes, your Edward Middleton is in it:
[/b]MIDDLETON     Edward McIntosh[b]
1881        Apprentice photographer aged 14, b. Aberdeen, s/o John M., master tailor, and Jane F. M., resident 8 School Hill, Aberdeen.
1891-1914+     181 King Street, Aberdeen.  (1893-1896 Middleton's Studios; 1896 'E. & J. Middleton'.)

PS - I too have lots of photos by Middleton, and as I have MIDDLETON in my tree, I always wondered if there was a relationship there.  My Middletons came from Aberlour, Banffshire.
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 02 December 08 04:16 UTC (UK) »

I too have photos by the Middleton,s studio - 181 King Street, Aberdeen.
I also have Middletons in my tree-  William Middleton - who married
Christina Smith of Kintore.   Could you please give me the address where I might purchase the book you had mention about the photographers .

Thank You.
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 02 December 08 07:47 UTC (UK) »

The booklet came from:

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society ( ANESFHS)
164, King Street,
Aberdeen,
AB24 5BD

Just down the road from where the Middleton Studios were and also not far from where my family lived in the 1930s.

Jen
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Re: Aberdeen Photographers
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 21 June 09 04:45 UTC (UK) »

Hi GenJen

I am wanting to make contact with you inregard to the surnames Milne, Forsyth, and Duncan.

my email address is (*)

Regards

Jennifer

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