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Adelaide Australia, Symons, Thomas or Davies family Cardiff.
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 08:28 BST (UK) »
Please can someone date this photo for me. It is from my maternal grandparents collection and is most likely one of the Thomas/Davies/Symons family from Cardiff. Lots of the men went to sea. I have info about James Henry Thomas b 1851 going to Australia. He was a ships captain and died in Hong Kong in 1900. But he was not the only sailor in the family.
Thanks very much for any ideas.
Cardiff- Davies, Thomas,
Forest of Dean/Symonds Yat- Farr
Barnstaple - Symons
Bideford - Labbett
Newcastle Emlyn - Davies
Devonport - Budge, Goodman

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Re: Adelaide Australia, Symons, Thomas or Davies family Cardiff.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 April 21 14:02 BST (UK) »
Hi Louise...This looks like it is an 1890s Photo:

Bond & Co. were listed as photographers, 91 Rundle Street, Adelaide, in directories from 1889 to
1903, and as ‘Bond & Co., Crown Studios’ from 1904 to 1909.

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Re: Adelaide Australia, Symons, Thomas or Davies family Cardiff.
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 April 21 17:34 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Carol, that’s brilliant. Looks possible it may be my James Thomas then, although I’m hopeless at estimating age too. I guess I will never know for sure unless someone else has a photo of the same man.
Cardiff- Davies, Thomas,
Forest of Dean/Symonds Yat- Farr
Barnstaple - Symons
Bideford - Labbett
Newcastle Emlyn - Davies
Devonport - Budge, Goodman

Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk