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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Wednesday 29 November 23 20:57 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for that info Jim1.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Wednesday 29 November 23 11:46 GMT (UK) »
Yes, thank you! I do have the 1891 census for Thomas and Mary.
Assuming then that the photo is of Thomas and Mary, why does the reverse of the photo say Mrs. Morris, The Racecourse? Could you order copies of photos taken previously, like we can today?
Assuming then that the photo is of Thomas and Mary, why does the reverse of the photo say Mrs. Morris, The Racecourse? Could you order copies of photos taken previously, like we can today?
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Wednesday 29 November 23 06:07 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all for your comments. I do have details on Mary Ann Morris. Sorry, I should have added this to begin with.
Married Thomas Davies, 03/02/1891 He was a watchmaker. Is that a clue in the photo?
Adopted John Thomas (born1894) on the 1901 census
Adopted Dorothy Mabel Boyd who was born in Thomas & Mary’s home. 11/06/99. This is my husband’s grandmother. I have a copy of her birth certificate.
George Thomas was born later in 1899 too to Mary and Thomas.
Robert Edward was born 1902
Sadly then Thomas died 03/12/1903 leaving her with 4 children.
She moved from Oswestry town to The Racecourse at some point before the 1911 census.
Married John Morris in 1908 in Oswestry.
As I mentioned, the photo has Mrs. Morris written on the back with her address at the Racecourse.
It is a puzzle why she had the photo with one child, if this was John Morris, 2nd husband. I have not been able to find a 5th child. So dating the photo via the clothes was how I hoped to decide on who the man and child are.
Married Thomas Davies, 03/02/1891 He was a watchmaker. Is that a clue in the photo?
Adopted John Thomas (born1894) on the 1901 census
Adopted Dorothy Mabel Boyd who was born in Thomas & Mary’s home. 11/06/99. This is my husband’s grandmother. I have a copy of her birth certificate.
George Thomas was born later in 1899 too to Mary and Thomas.
Robert Edward was born 1902
Sadly then Thomas died 03/12/1903 leaving her with 4 children.
She moved from Oswestry town to The Racecourse at some point before the 1911 census.
Married John Morris in 1908 in Oswestry.
As I mentioned, the photo has Mrs. Morris written on the back with her address at the Racecourse.
It is a puzzle why she had the photo with one child, if this was John Morris, 2nd husband. I have not been able to find a 5th child. So dating the photo via the clothes was how I hoped to decide on who the man and child are.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Tuesday 28 November 23 10:45 GMT (UK) »
Thank you loord74, very kind and most definitely improved the photo.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Tuesday 28 November 23 06:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi Treetotal. Thank you for your welcome and reply. You are correct that the photo has had some work done on it. Mrs. Morris’s face is clearer now. So early Edwardian would mean this is her second husband who was 16 years younger than her.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Mrs. Morris. The Racecourse, Oswestry. Dating help please.
« on: Saturday 25 November 23 22:54 GMT (UK) »
This was in my father-in-laws procession when he died. It says Mrs. Morris on the back and she was FIL’s grandmother although she had adopted FIL’s mother. She was widowed ( married to Thomas Davies ) maiden name Mary Ann Jones, b. 1864 in Chirk. I am hoping that the clothing can be dated so that I can decide which husband is in the photo. Also it will help in deciding who the child is - potentially my husband’s grandmother. Thanks in anticipation.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help needed with occupations
« on: Wednesday 12 May 21 18:19 BST (UK) »
Thanks JenB. I realised it was too big after posting but then found the photo moves sideways.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help needed with occupations
« on: Wednesday 12 May 21 18:06 BST (UK) »
Hello
I’m struggling with the occupation of a great grandfather x2 on a 1901 census and that of his son. Any help will be much appreciated.
I’m struggling with the occupation of a great grandfather x2 on a 1901 census and that of his son. Any help will be much appreciated.
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The Common Room / Re: Adoption Birth Certificates in 1918
« on: Tuesday 04 May 21 17:40 BST (UK) »
I thought I’d update you on my search for the adopted baby I was seeking. I put her birthdate but no name, female, into the 1939 register and Yorkshire as this was where she was born. Approximately 75 names came up. I checked the names against the General Register for births until I found one that did not appear. This girl still had the Christian name given to her at birth. She had been adopted aged 10 although had been with the adoptive parents since birth.
Thanks again for everyone’s help.
Thanks again for everyone’s help.