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I'd think it's 1912-1915ish but could be a few years later.

See this:

http://www.barlingwakeringvillages.co.uk/plus/GtWakMillsSch4.jpg

PS - (Dated 1912)

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... Great Wakering Old School Boys and Girls Class with two female teachers c1912 ...

Good Morning all

thank you everyone for the links (thanks Gadget) and all your estimations. As most of my Great Grandparents were born 1890-1900 and my own Grandparents in the late 1920s early 1930s this could possibly be from my GG Grandfathers time as school manager. (to my best estimation!)

I have 3 more different school photos, again all from my Grandad, which i'll upload shortly. Is it best to add them to this thread or create a new post for each?


Thanks

Gaz

Hi,

could anyone help me in possibly dating this photo, it is on a cardboard type backing with no other details. It came from my Grandad (born 1933) and could possibly contain his Dad Thomas William Renner as a child (born 1892) living at South Charlton, near Alnwick or perhaps taken by his Grandad Thomas James Renner (born 1858) when he was manager of his local school Chillingham, from 1912 to around 1925.

A possible date may help narrow it down to either one of the above, or of course it may not relate to any of them and I'll have to look for other possible connections. My Grandads Family all lived in the North of Northumberland.

Thanks for the help.

Gaz

It really is faint, but gave me some extra clues in tracking and confirming the family details.

in how they appear on the record

Hilda Maud    (later changed spelling to Hylda Maude)
Alfred Albert  (Born Albert James, but would seem preferred Alfred)
Gilbert
Ileen Helen Margaret (Born Helen Margaret, later dropped Helen for Eileen)
Ronald Walsh

the DoBs also look to have been crossed out and amended.

There seems to be a thing with James dates, they always seems to be out by a year! The childrens DoBs (before being corrected) and his own age on his service record. (said he was 34 but was actually 35, his birthday having been less than a month earlier) And on James birth register his parents have their marriage as 7 Jun 1874 when the actual marriage entry has 7 June 1873!

I never really believed the story about her father, just thought of it as a (harsh!) way of explaining the reason for adoption.

I'm getting closer to discovering the fathers family through someone in Australia who has been doing lots of work on the DNA side, connecting all his matches. It was him who keeps making the connection between Ross and Cattanach from who we (and several others) are connected.

Yes found James, Mary, Hilda M, Alfred J and Gilbert living at Whitehill, Peterhead where James is a "Coachman (Domestic)" and confirming Mary was born in Ireland.

Its been a good couple of days building a new branch for my Family Tree!

FOLD3 have FREE access until Tues i.e. worth a look at their war records as they may be clearer?

Middle names aren't always associated with family but very often are!

I wonder if...Eileen was a Nurse in the very hospital she gave birth? 

Have you found Eileen's BC? If born in Scotland the marriage details of her parents will be included, date/place?

Did you have a 2nd wine...I would have after all that excitement 

Annie

I definitely did have a second glass of wine, and perhaps some more!

Thank you for that, i'll have a look at FOLD3, but the images on FindMyPast to Ancestry are like night and day!

I bet she did have my Gran where she was working. Funny coincidence my Gran was later a Nurse and so is my Wife. I think my Gran would have loved to know that her Mum was also a Nurse.
 
Yes I found it eventually (missing Eileen but matching all other details) and it does state that they married in London. I'll upload it shortly...