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Hi
I have an old family album.  There are several photos taken by different photographers.  There is only one which someone has written who it is and the date which was 1899.

these are the photographers
Camberwell School of Photography,72 Church Street,Frankford House, Camberwell Green.
C Herman,    - ditto -
D J Eddy, 41 Norman Road, St Leonards on Sea
Benedetti & Sons Cour Photographers, Peckham Rye Railway Station, & 39 High Road, Lee, S.E
Photographic Companym 536 Oxford Street, London W
Chorographic Company, 536 Oxford Street, London W
Duro, Portrait Specialists
Fred Connell, Blenheim Place, N.W. Opposite the Assembly Rooms, St Johns Wood
W Page, Moat House, East Grinstead
George Hooper, 13 Silver Street, Nottinghill Gate

Anyone know anything about the above.

Thnaks for your replies.

Francis Henson Allen was born in 1786 and died in 1818.   So somewhere during this period he was a Blacksmith in the Castle Bytham Area.

Hope someone can shed a light on this.

Please would someone be so kind as to look up Parish Apprenticeship records for Blacksmiths in the Castle Bytham, Stamford area. I am looking for a Francis Allen.

Thanks you

Is there any lists of Blacksmiths working in Lincolnshire in the 1800's.
My g.g. Grandfather was Blacksmith at the time of my g Grandfather's marriage in 1839.
I believe he came from Castle Bytham.
Thanks for any info.

Hello Sue

Thank you for the info you have sent me.

Yes, I do believe Mary & John Allen are my great grandparents. I have a birth certificate for Francis who was born in Papworth, Cambridge born 1842.  I have visited the parish church of St George, Stamford where they were married on 2 Jan 1839.   John's occupation was a Waggoner and his father Francis a blacksmith.  Francis John Allen was born in Castle Bytham, Lincs.  I have traced the family back to Edward Allen.

It fits that Mary (nee Ann Howe) married to Francis Allen on 13 Jan 1861.  Francis was a railway engineer who died in Great Yarmouth (lodging) on 18 Sept 1875.  Mary (nee Ann Howe) then became a housekeeper at 4 St Andrews Hill, Norwich.  I went to Norwich and no 4 St Andrews Hill is still there.  It is now joined to nextdoor and is a 'mystic' shop.  The weavers rooms on the second floor are now flats.

I think our families must have been constantly on the move!  I have not done any research since May and will get back to it now the winter is upon us.

Thanks again.

Patrica

I will take a longer look at what you have sent.