Please date Great-Great-Granny Burris !

[sparrett]

The photographer was at this address in Bristol about 1900 / 1902.

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~victorianphotographs/history/search/bristolphotographers.htm

Well, that is interesting.
I am now wondering if we are looking at a theatrical costume.
Perhaps the reading material is connected to the theatre- a programme or theatre news.
Is she holding it in a way that tries to reveal a little of its nature?

Sue

[Gadget]

I read the listing  as meaning that  those were the last dates that he was there.

I'm checking up on the census:

a lodger in Sculcoates in 1871 b.c. 1844 a chiropodist b. Holland

Gadget

Edited  - see next post.

[Gadget]

in 1901 he is at the address, aged 57 (b.c. 1844) and b. Holland - so he is most probably the
Sculcoates one.

[Neale1961]

I tend to think she is wearing a costume of some sort. The apron is strange - it is not a working apron with the braid across the bottom. The fabric of the skirt is an elaborate patterned type - again not the normal day wear to put an apron over. Then the elaborate head dress adds to the costume feel.

[Wiggy]

Anyone think my suggestion in reply #2 holds possibilities?

Wiggy

[Treetotal]

Yes I see where you are coming from Wiggy...It's an odd one because the edges are faded as though it's a copy...the background and carpet are very simple and if this was early 1900s the photography would be much more advanced. I would be interested to know what size the photo was and to see the back.
Carol

[Gadget]

# I would be interested to know what size the photo was and to see the back.
Carol

I was going to say the same thing Carol as those  fade/blurry edges suggest a much earlier photo.

[teragram31510]

Thank you all for your thoughts so far - wonderful. Hubby is scanning the back of the photo as I write; the total photo card size is 4.2 inches x 6.5 inches (10.7 cm x 16.8 cm) and the photo itself is 4 x 5.9 inches (10.1 cm x 15 cm).

I had found out that the photographer was in business in the "late 19th century" (how late is late?) and until 1902, and thought the costume, especially the shawl and headgear, might be Welsh dress (both the lady born c. 1799 and her d-i-l born 1833 came from south Wales) but I haven't found anything similar as regards the headgear on internet.
 
 Further info. perhaps of help: Mrs Burris b. 1833 seems to have moved from Wales to Bristol between the birth of her last child in 1875 and the 1881 census when she appears, as a widow aged 47 (of an iron puddler), in Bedminster, Bristol. So in 1891 she was only 57, and in the mid 90's around 60. Why might she have put on all this special outfit in the 90's? …. for her 60th birthday?
I'm rambling here..but perhaps she dressed up for her eldest grandson's marriage in 1900 in Bristol and she is 67 years old - but the style of photo is earlier isn't it?

Her m-i-l born c. 1799 d. 1884 married her husband, a nailor, and lived all her life near Pontypool.
So if the photo is of her it would have had to have been taken around 1880 when she was around 80 years old.
 
Now I'll let you all have a say ! And thanks!
Margaret

[teragram31510]

My Shrimpton book has two similar pics that are dated 1870s.


Gadget

What book is that please?
Margaret