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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Irish Photographic Studios 1860s - 70s.
« on: Friday 13 May 22 00:00 BST (UK) »
Many thanks Aghadowey. Will follow that up.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Irish Photographic Studios 1860s - 70s.
« on: Thursday 12 May 22 19:05 BST (UK) »
Carol - many thanks for your response. I had some fun loading up the images so the backs were not posted.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Irish Photographic Studios 1860s - 70s.
« on: Thursday 12 May 22 11:22 BST (UK) »
I have 3 Irish CDV's created by 2 photographic studios in the 19th C. I know roughly when the images were taken and the names of the ancestors who are featured on the images. The family name is Nixon.
I am curious about the studios and whether or not any records might remain that may shed further ''light'' on these images. ie company registers, negative lists etc and maybe even original negatives but that's a long shot !
The studios are Lauder Bros of Kingstown at 83 Lower Georges St (2 images from the 1870s) with probable negative numbers 9642 and 1172. I have dated one image quite precisely using UK military records.
The 3rd image is from Julyan and Ahlfred of 78 Grafton St Dublin. No negative number is present but probably created in the 1860s.
Are there any records surviving for these companies ?
I am curious about the studios and whether or not any records might remain that may shed further ''light'' on these images. ie company registers, negative lists etc and maybe even original negatives but that's a long shot !
The studios are Lauder Bros of Kingstown at 83 Lower Georges St (2 images from the 1870s) with probable negative numbers 9642 and 1172. I have dated one image quite precisely using UK military records.
The 3rd image is from Julyan and Ahlfred of 78 Grafton St Dublin. No negative number is present but probably created in the 1860s.
Are there any records surviving for these companies ?
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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Artillery Forts in Portsmouth/Gosport/IOW
« on: Sunday 06 January 13 08:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi Dick
Many thanks for this info.
I thought getting the detailed battery info was a bit ambitious some 140 years after the event !
Cheers
Robert
Many thanks for this info.
I thought getting the detailed battery info was a bit ambitious some 140 years after the event !
Cheers
Robert
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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Artillery Forts in Portsmouth/Gosport/IOW
« on: Sunday 06 January 13 08:03 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gunner 1
I have now checked my notes and can confirm that John Nixon was a member of the 7th Battery/Company 21st Brigade from April 1869.
He had a military career that lasted some 7.5 years.
From his pay records it appears that he was present at Portsmouth until June 1869 then at Gosport followed by Woolwich until March 1874 and finally Portsmouth again from April 1874 - November 1875. It appears that he was detached to the 2nd Divisional Depot Brigade at Woolwich from 1869-71.
So the key question is where (which forts) the 7th Battery (21st Brigade) was posted to from 1869-75. Does the 2nd volume of the RA Battery history help in this regard ?
Cheers
Robert
I have now checked my notes and can confirm that John Nixon was a member of the 7th Battery/Company 21st Brigade from April 1869.
He had a military career that lasted some 7.5 years.
From his pay records it appears that he was present at Portsmouth until June 1869 then at Gosport followed by Woolwich until March 1874 and finally Portsmouth again from April 1874 - November 1875. It appears that he was detached to the 2nd Divisional Depot Brigade at Woolwich from 1869-71.
So the key question is where (which forts) the 7th Battery (21st Brigade) was posted to from 1869-75. Does the 2nd volume of the RA Battery history help in this regard ?
Cheers
Robert
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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Artillery Forts in Portsmouth/Gosport/IOW
« on: Saturday 05 January 13 10:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gunner 1
Thank you for this detailed account. I am surprised that so much information exists for the RA. Looks like Vol 2 has some of the answers to my questions.
I believe John Nixon was a member of the 7th Battery but I am not absolutely sure when he joined that unit. Prior to joining the 21st Brigade John was a member of the 6th Brigade (briefly). I will check the pay records again to see if my memory is correct.
John was present at Woolwich in April 1871 as he appears in the Census. This is the fact that enabled his military record to be uncovered as he bought his way out of the RA in 1875 (ie no pension file exists).
John 915
Yes I began to realise just how complex the story is when I looked for info on the forts around Portsmouth in that era. Thanks for your comments.
Little Nell
Thank you for the links. I was aware of the 2nd link but not the first !
Cheers
Robert
Thank you for this detailed account. I am surprised that so much information exists for the RA. Looks like Vol 2 has some of the answers to my questions.
I believe John Nixon was a member of the 7th Battery but I am not absolutely sure when he joined that unit. Prior to joining the 21st Brigade John was a member of the 6th Brigade (briefly). I will check the pay records again to see if my memory is correct.
John was present at Woolwich in April 1871 as he appears in the Census. This is the fact that enabled his military record to be uncovered as he bought his way out of the RA in 1875 (ie no pension file exists).
John 915
Yes I began to realise just how complex the story is when I looked for info on the forts around Portsmouth in that era. Thanks for your comments.
Little Nell
Thank you for the links. I was aware of the 2nd link but not the first !
Cheers
Robert
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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Grave Photo Sought in Epsom Cemetery
« on: Saturday 24 November 12 05:36 GMT (UK) »The Boards of Guardians were the local administrators of the Poor Law. The workhouses and their infirmaries were their responsibility. So to go from Porter to Relieving Officer would perhaps be a normal career progression within the system.
One of his court mentions (in 1882) was the prosecution of an inmate of the Epsom Workhouse who had tried to throttle him (Surrey Mirror, 29 July 1882).
Hi ShaunJ
I tried to locate this item and other Court mentions ....using GALE ... without success ... do you still have the references or can you recall the search terms used ?
The Surrey Mirror appears to be unavailable on Gale .... or perhaps my inexperience with this particlular site explains the trouble I am having tracking down this newspaper reference. The Hampshire Advertiser of 21 April 1877 may refer to a John Wm Nixon (if my eyesight is correct !) - but my John Nixon had no middle name.
Any tips for handling the newspaper search for John Nixon would be most welcome !
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Dublin / Re: Nixon, Mary Anne - location of grave in Dublin
« on: Wednesday 21 November 12 19:29 GMT (UK) »
shanew147
Thats interesting.
So the John Nixon grocer is not my John Nixon (Farmer) who is married to Mary Anne in 1839.
The death of Mary Ann Nixon at 78 U dorset St in 1896 is a near coincidence in space given the Nixon grocer reference for 80 U dorset St a few years prior ?
Cheers
R
Thats interesting.
So the John Nixon grocer is not my John Nixon (Farmer) who is married to Mary Anne in 1839.
The death of Mary Ann Nixon at 78 U dorset St in 1896 is a near coincidence in space given the Nixon grocer reference for 80 U dorset St a few years prior ?
Cheers
R
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Dublin / Re: Nixon, Mary Anne - location of grave in Dublin
« on: Wednesday 21 November 12 19:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi shanew147
Thank you for the additional info.
I gather you mean Nixon not Dixon for the directory listings ?
Cheers
Robert
Thank you for the additional info.
I gather you mean Nixon not Dixon for the directory listings ?
Cheers
Robert