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Photo believed to be Henry Cullimore 1828 -1897. His father John was bn in GLS 1800 and died 1851 in MON. Can someone kindly confirm that from the clothing this photo is unlikely to be of John.   

Henry made a good match - into the Mansel Jones and Talbot (Port Talbot, Fox-Talbot) families.

Assuming this is Henry's photo, he was at the height of his prosperity having started as a mineral agent (coal merchant), then colliery viewer (mining surveyor), and manager of the Ystradgynlais Iron and Steel Works - but family tradition is that drink was his downfall. He died as a coal mine surface worker, killed by a truck that 'ran wild' (slipped its chocks). Newspaper reports of the sale of his furniture etc seem to confirm his former status.

 The inquest is interesting in that one witness was untraceable, another couldn't recall anything.His father John was bn in GLS 1800 and died 1851 in MON. Can someone kindly confirm that from the clothing this photo is unlikely to be of John.   

Henry made a good match - into the Mansel Jones and Talbot (Port Talbot, Fox-Talbot) families.

Assuming this is Henry's photo, he was at the height of his prosperity having started as a mineral agent (coal merchant), then colliery viewer (mining surveyor), and manager of the Ystradgynlais Iron and Steel Works - but family tradition is that drink was his downfall. He died as a coal mine surface worker, killed by a truck that 'ran wild' (slipped its chocks). Newspaper reports of the sale of his furniture etc seem to confirm his former status.

 The inquest is interesting in that one witness was untraceable, another couldn't recall anything.

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His father John was bn in GLS 1800 and died 1851 in MON. Can someone kindly confirm that from the clothing this photo is unlikely to be of John.   

Henry made a good match - into the Mansel Jones and Talbot (Port Talbot, Fox-Talbot) families.

Assuming this is Henry's photo, he was at the height of his prosperity having started as a mineral agent (coal merchant), then colliery viewer (mining surveyor), and manager of the Ystradgynlais Iron and Steel Works - but family tradition is that drink was his downfall. He died as a coal mine surface worker, killed by a truck that 'ran wild' (slipped its chocks). Newspaper reports of the sale of his furniture etc seem to confirm his former status.

 The inquest is interesting in that one witness was untraceable, another couldn't recall anything.

Thanks for your help and if the tear in the pic can be edited out, so much the better.

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The Common Room / Names of people deleted from the censuses
« on: Tuesday 10 April 18 16:04 BST (UK)  »
Being old, I have a lot of it so I spend many hours trawling Ancestry and FindMyPast (+1939) looking for errors and submitting corrections. (Mainly only surnames)

Recently I tackled Ancestry. Some transcribers have included deleted names, others have not. Not only because of the value of occasional useful info sometimes noted, eg.  Now in service; or Dead, I think that they should all be transcribed. After all, some people may not get enumerated elsewhere due to oversight or death etc. 

I had two different views from Ancestry. One person said it was a great idea and would be passed upwards.
The other, that the material is subject to TNA copyright and cannot be interfered with. Nonsense IMHO.

Although accuracy is very important, I believe that transcripts need to veer more towards being helpful rather than being scholarly reproductions of what was written.

What do others think?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Welsh Family Photo taken where?
« on: Friday 02 March 18 12:38 GMT (UK)  »
Only because of the very distinctive floor covering I'm hoping it's possible to say if this photo was likely to have been taken in Scotland or Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TKS.

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