Hello I'm aware this was a very long time ago and you may not even be on here any more but here goes! The photograph of the gentleman is of Charles Riley Maynard 1856-1926 who founded Maynard's Limited (confectioners) in 1896 and managed it until his death in 1926. He was my Great Great Grandfather and as far as I am aware, he had three sons and no daughters, Alfred Amos in 1884 who was Jt Managing Director, Joseph Douglas in 1902 Jt Managing Director of Maynard's and My Great, great Grandfather Charles Gordon who was the confectioner that invented wine gums. As I understand it, the family were strict methodists and he got into terrible trouble with Charles Riley when he took him the idea, as he had to convince him that they didn't in fact contain alcohol!
Charles Gordon had a son (My Grandfather who passed away recently at 96) and two daughters Diana and Valerie, neither of whom eloped as far as I am aware. The picture of the lady does look very like my Great Aunt Dan Dan though, so I am trying to find a picture of her to compare to yours. I am intrigued by the story and would love to know more!
My Great Grandfather's brother both had a daughter each, Judy and Joan born in 1918. I have no information about Judy but Joan married Conte Georgio de Galleani from Argentina. If you have found any more on the story I would love to hear it! Thanks Charlie
Hi back again with some good news and some bad! Bad is that I couldnt find a Dinah Maynard at all, the good news is that Charles Riley Maynard had 2 daughters Agnes( 1884) and Frances Mabel(1892).After re-reading the excellent download of the history of Maynards, only Mabel is mentioned, so there isnt much more I can add. There was several Frances M Maynards in the records of marriages as well as a death in Chichester in 1982.
Its possible that the photo is of Frances, and funnily enough my mothers name was Mabel (1911). Could she have been named after her as it seems she prefered to be called Mabel instead of Frances.The Maymards tended to use their second name. Charles Gordon, Joseph Douglas were two. I think the other photo is of either Charles Riley or his son Chas Gordon. I found the family in the1891 to 1911 censuses. Before that Chas Riley was living with his father Riley and mother Ann. According to the History, his brother Tom had little to do with the business and moved to South Africa. As far as I can tell they didnt have any shops in Weymouth, but in Brighton and around that area. Hope thats been of some help