Elizabeth COULSON, Durham, England - date needed

[McGroger]

I agree that it looks like a mourning photo. I wonder if there's cause and effect situation: that with the death of the person in the photo she felt she no longer wanted to live. Sadly, it happens.
Peter

[Jang]

Unfortunately I don't have the original photo - it's a scan sent to me by her gggranddaughter  who lives in Middlesbrough. My gggrandmother died at her daughter's house in Norton, Durham.

If it is her in the 1880s and the photo is of a relative (female?) who died, then I need to see if there are any possibilities.

[Gadget]

Managed to get a Wayback of 1880s-1890

https://web.archive.org/web/20111023005254/http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk:80/date/a1887.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20111023005259/http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk:80/date/a1888.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20111023005121/http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk:80/date/a1889.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20130116095033/http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/date/a1890.htm

[Jang]

Thanks, Gadget, interesting examples. It's definitely around the right time period.

[Gadget]

This is a very useful link for dating but it was taken offline when Rootsweb had problems last year.

Here's the full listing:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110911203143/http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/date/main.htm


The photo on the table looks like a younger woman. Did she have any daughters who died in the 1880s?

Gadget

[Jang]

Thanks, great link!

She had just the one daughter, born 1851 died 1937. Her granddaughter was born in 1876, died 1959. She was living with them in the 1881 census.