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Unknown
or Anonymous photographs from our Cornish Families - page 1
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Most genealogists
expect to come across the odd photo, see a family resemblence, but not
know who the person in the photo is. It can be very frustrating. In
our case when asking an aged Aunt about family history she gave us a
very battered Victorian Photo Album with the words "you can have
these, most of them are family but I don't know any names or who they
are". We are very grateful for the gift ( the photos would likely
have been lost from the family completely ) but the photos have caused
us quite a few "frustration" headaches. We publish some of
the better photos here with the remote hope that someone somewhere in
the world may have the "same" photograph AND know the
name(s) of the person or people. The album - like many of the family
- came from the Isles of Scilly, most of the photos were taken on the
Islands by various photographers plying their trade there, mainly Gibsons.
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Carte
de visit, very ornate adverts on back for Gibsons Penzance studio, (presume
photo taken there.)
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Carte
de Visit, Photographer J.C.Tonkin, Isles of Scilly, simple plain trade
name on reverse.
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Carte
de Visit, plain trade plate advert on back.
Michell, Church Street, St Austell
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Photo
taken In Liverpool, sent to Scillies 1874?
on reverse: To Aunt Mary Trevellick.
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Cabinet
print (6.5 by 4.25 inches), rounded corners,
ornate photographers
advertisements on the back.
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More
to follow, page still under construction
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Blank on reverse.
Location: Portloe (Veryan Parish, Cornwall). Date: unknown.
Family lore says they are Frosts & Blameys, but which?. also that
this image
may have been sent to a newspaper or magazine and be the subject of
an article.
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