Need another set of eyes to date and identify person in photos - Moore/Sandford

[Treetotal]

I read it as Mother & You...this may suggest that it was maybe written by a sibling of the young girl.
Carol

[Gadget]

I'm coming down on the side of Mother and Gran but not sure. If she was using the formal 'mother', then maybe she would use the more formal 'grandmother'.

 

PS could even be late 1910s into the 20s.

[xpress4]

   Aah . . .  but does it inspire you to label/name all your current photos?   

I am trying to! 

Wiggy

It does indeed! 

[shanreagh]

By way of a diversion just looking at the 1871 England census (Rickmansworth) and see that Fenton married the daughter of his landlord, Mary Anne Sandford.

[xpress4]

By way of a diversion just looking at the 1871 England census (Rickmansworth) and see that Fenton married the daughter of his landlord, Mary Anne Sandford.

Yes, he did. Made me so happy to find that records as both of their father's (as well as Fenton) worked for the Ordnance Survey. Since Fenton lived with the Sandfords, it made me happy the two father's knew each other and were perhaps even friends.

[xpress4]

I read it as Mother & You...this may suggest that it was maybe written by a sibling of the young girl.
Carol

My thought too Carol

[shanreagh]

I read it as Mother & You...this may suggest that it was maybe written by a sibling of the young girl.
Carol

My thought too Carol

'However', 'but' and all those qualifying words.... the thing to do is to suspend judgement for the moment and see what fits when you try the two options that have been suggested.
Mother and gran  written by child of mother and grandchild of gran (potentially three generations being written about
or
Mother and you
Written by sibling of you about their shared mother (potentially two generations)

Then Edwardian is another clue 1901 – 1910
So a child aged 5-6 to my eyes and a mother 30-35 to my eyes.

I would not try to combine yet just keep them as three different sets of clues for a while. 

Also on the wee boy in the 1860s apx photo.  Perhaps he is paralysed or lost an arm.  Have you found any 1860s family events that make sitting for a photograph a noteworthy idea? The move south?

[jim1]

This isn't as early as 1901. Late Edwardian is the start point but could easily be later & as has been suggested as late as 1920.

[Ruskie]

Do any censuses your family appears in mention anyone with a disability?