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Title: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Donches on Tuesday 10 July 18 14:44 BST (UK)
Older photograph believed to be William Davies, born 1838 St. Martins, Shropshire, UK, possibly taken  1859. The later is a tin-type and is believed to be him. He disappeared from England and could have gone to the USA or Scotland, probably the latter, maybe near Edinborough.
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: jim1 on Tuesday 10 July 18 17:03 BST (UK)
The 1st. is an 1880's reprint but the original looks to be an 1850'/60's ambrotype.
The 2nd. if it's a UK tintype is going to be mid 1860's -mid 1870's. & so the age difference looks right, however they look different around the mouth so not convinced.
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: DrDude45 on Tuesday 10 July 18 20:27 BST (UK)
Thought a cleaned up photo might make it easier.

Just my two cents, I'd say the ears are a dead giveaway that these are not the same people.
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 10 July 18 22:47 BST (UK)
I'm not convinced that they are the same person...hair partings rarely change throughout life and these two have totally different hairlines and facial features.
Carol
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Wiggy on Tuesday 10 July 18 22:57 BST (UK)
I also would go for two different people.

Wiggy
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 10 July 18 23:01 BST (UK)
Agree with the others - unlikely to be the same person.

Will have a look at my St Martins records tomorrow. I  have a lot of rellies from there. I think Carol has some too - Selattyn, etc.

Gadget
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Gadget on Wednesday 11 July 18 09:45 BST (UK)
Were his parents Evan and Jane or Evan and Mary, by any chance?

Gadget
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Donches on Thursday 12 July 18 11:43 BST (UK)
As a first-time user I'm impressed by the speed and helpfulness of the responses. The cleaned-up photo is much appreciated - I have another I'll be sending. I'm still clinging to the possibility they're the same person as the age seems to be right. In the first photograph William is young and full of the joys of life. Later his wife left him and he disappeared obviously suffering a considerable trauma. The later photograph seems to be of an unhappy man with drawn features with a receding hairline. It was once suggested it might be one of the ghoulish Victorian post-mortem photographs, but I don't think so. Pity that facial recognition isn't available.
William was the son of Evan Davies and Mary, née Woolam. I've been looking for Evan's parents, but they're not in St. Martins PR. Evan was a lay preacher and must have been non-conformist. His parents might have been a William and Ann, but I can't be sure.
I'm interested in the names' interests mentioned. My mother-in law's birth name was Isabella Johnston Bee, born Galashiels, 1896. Her mother was Mary Brown, born Walnockhead, Dumfries, the daughter of Thomas Brown and Isabella Johnston.
I also have a connection to Jack Perry, born 1921, Nantwich.
Many thanks to all,
Don Tomkinson
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: jim1 on Thursday 12 July 18 11:52 BST (UK)
I wouldn't put too much store in how he looked, nobody smiled when they had their picture taken.
There are no similarities between the 2.
Title: Re: WILLIAM DAVIES
Post by: Donches on Tuesday 17 July 18 14:50 BST (UK)
Many thanks to all who contributed an opinion.

Don