Beyond Help?

[PrueM]

No probs Sue.
You're lucky, you know - all I've found under my floorboards are some old carpet and a dead snake
But then again, my house was only built in 1974!
Prue

[SueTeakle]

Prue I`m beginning to wonder if a dead snake might have been a better option    As this lady was apparently unmarried the pic could have been a sister, niece, cousin, child, who knows?  I still feel whoever it is is more likely to be connected to her than anyone else.  I think I`ll have a word with our town archivist, she`s so good at finding snippets of information!  Thanks again for your help.

Regards, Sue

[willow2670]

Hi Sue,
Can't help with the Lady concerned, but this is the likely photographer

1901 census ref: RG13/1995 Folio 48
 
Walter J Dovey Head 36 b London, Middlesex      Photographer
Alice M Dovey Wife 36 b Boston, Lincolnshire
Lionel B Dovey Son 8 b Weymouth, Dorset
Kathleen M Dovey Dau 3 b Weymouth, Dorset
Ralph Dovey Son 2 b Weymouth, Dorset
Dorothy A Dovey Dau 11mths b Weymouth, Dorset
Clara Payn Sister-in-law 30 Unm b Jersey, Channel Islands    Photographer's assistant
Mabel Barrett Serv 17 b Weymouth, Dorset     Nurse, domestic servant
St Aubyns, Weymouth, Dorset   
 
Sue

Just a thought but have you looked for your address on the 1901 census!     

[SueTeakle]

Thankyou so much for that Willow, I hadn`t thought to search for the photographer on the census.   I must speak to my neighbours, if they have/had  a name for their house then I`ll know it`s the right person.  I`m sure her daughter told me some years ago their house had a name but it is no longer used.  What I would really like to do is pass this photo, or what`s left of it, to a living relative of the lady in the photo.

Regards, Sue