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Offline Christianmpoulsen

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Boy or girl?
« on: Friday 06 May 22 09:11 BST (UK) »
This is a watercolour supposedly of my x3 great grandfather when he was 4, dated 1849

I know boys wore gowns etc, but everything about this photo to me looks like a girl; could it be a boy and is his clothing usual for the time? What could the box be?

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Re: Boy or girl?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 May 22 15:04 BST (UK) »
Unless he is wearing fancy dress, then I am sure that this is a girl - the bonnet.  :)

No idea about the box.

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Re: Boy or girl?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 May 22 15:41 BST (UK) »
It's never easy to ascertain whether it's a boy or girl, but I think it could be a boy. Girls had a centre parting and boys had a side parting. The item could be a family photo album.
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Re: Boy or girl?
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 May 22 15:53 BST (UK) »
Interesting
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
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Re: Boy or girl?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 06 May 22 15:54 BST (UK) »
For comparison, this would have been painted in about 1840.  The boy was born in 1838.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Boy or girl?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 06 May 22 15:56 BST (UK) »
Could the box be a book?

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« Reply #7 on: Friday 06 May 22 16:00 BST (UK) »
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Re: Boy or girl?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 06 May 22 16:45 BST (UK) »
Quote from: japeflakes on Friday 06 May 22 15:56 BST (UK)
Could the box be a book?

My thoughts too. Maybe a bible?
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales
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