Before I start, I am NOT looking for any research on these two people; this is a specific request (but thanks to all Chatters who will, I know, be itching to have 'just a peep'!!!
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Joseph Beck (1834-1906) married Sarah Emma Gould (1858-1942) in Uttoxeter in 1895; they were from Abbots Bromley. She was his third wife; they had no issue (he already had 16 children from his first 2 wives so I think he believed he'd 'done his duty' by then!).
Does anyone have these two people in their trees and, more importantly, do they have a photo of either or both of them taken in the 1890s/1900s, please?
Jim of Photo Restoration and Dating kindly informed me that the dress worn by 2 'portraits' in my possession (which I am told are "overdrawings" of enlarged photographs to look like painted portraits and done by a member of the family, an exhibited artist, in the 1930s or 1940s) is from the 1890s-1900s. I was told by the sender of these photos that these were of the artist's grandparents on the distaff side (i.e., my great-grandparents) but they are not, as I already have photos of them. Joseph and Sarah Emma are the grandparents on the other side and, as the dates match the information I was given by Jim in regard to dress, I thought I'd give it a try?
Thanks in advance!
lydiaann
