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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Aberdeenshire => Topic started by: genjen on Sunday 07 September 08 20:59 BST (UK)
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Hi,
I have a photograph of my great grandfather, probably taken sometime between 1915 and 1930. It has the name Middleton in the bottom right hand corner and I am assuming it was the name of the photographer. Can anyone tell me if there was a photographer of this name in Aberdeen at the time. My great grandfather had a daughter who married a man named Middleton, in Aberdeen and I am wondering if there is a connection here.
Cheers,
Jen
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Hi,
I can't specifically answer your query but if you don't get a definitive reply here, try posting on Photographic and Restoration board.
Dave
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Hi Jen,
I found this...
http://www.rootschat.com/links/049i/
Elaine
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Hi Elaine,
That was a very useful link - looks like I am heading in the right direction. Ther man my great aunt married was an Edward Middleton, so quite possibly the son of the photographer. I'm not sure what his occupation was - whether he folowed in the family tradition.
Dave - I may well post the query on the photo thread as you suggest - it's more than likely that someone will have further information.
Thanks both.
Jen
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Hi Jen
An excellent booklet for helping date photos is "Photographers in North-Eastern Scotland to 1914", compiled by by D Richard Torrance and published by the Scottish Genealogy Society. I got my copy from ANESFHS a few years ago for £4.50 and it has been invaluable as it lists photographers and when they worked at specific addresses as per censuses and directories.
Yes, your Edward Middleton is in it:
MIDDLETON Edward McIntosh
1881 Apprentice photographer aged 14, b. Aberdeen, s/o John M., master tailor, and Jane F. M., resident 8 School Hill, Aberdeen.
1891-1914+ 181 King Street, Aberdeen. (1893-1896 Middleton's Studios; 1896 'E. & J. Middleton'.)
PS - I too have lots of photos by Middleton, and as I have MIDDLETON in my tree, I always wondered if there was a relationship there. My Middletons came from Aberlour, Banffshire.
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Thank you, That is really useful.
I think that, if there is a connection, it would have been the son of this Edward M who was married to my great aunt. I need to do some further searching on this one.
Regards,
Jen
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I now have the marriage certificate for Edward Middleton and my great aunt Cathy Howe.
Edward was, indeed, the son of Edward McIntosh Middleton, photographer, but didn't follow in his father's footsteps - he was, like most of my family on this side, a merchant seaman.
So now... How to find out whether any family photographs by Edward Snr still exist, apart from the one of my great grandfather, which was the starting point of this thread.
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Hi Jen
An excellent booklet for helping date photos is "Photographers in North-Eastern Scotland to 1914", compiled by by D Richard Torrance and published by the Scottish Genealogy Society. I got my copy from ANESFHS a few years ago for £4.50 and it has been invaluable as it lists photographers and when they worked at specific addresses as per censuses and directories.
Yes, your Edward Middleton is in it:
MIDDLETON Edward McIntosh
1881 Apprentice photographer aged 14, b. Aberdeen, s/o John M., master tailor, and Jane F. M., resident 8 School Hill, Aberdeen.
1891-1914+ 181 King Street, Aberdeen. (1893-1896 Middleton's Studios; 1896 'E. & J. Middleton'.)
PS - I too have lots of photos by Middleton, and as I have MIDDLETON in my tree, I always wondered if there was a relationship there. My Middletons came from Aberlour, Banffshire.
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I too have photos by the Middleton,s studio - 181 King Street, Aberdeen.
I also have Middletons in my tree- William Middleton - who married
Christina Smith of Kintore. Could you please give me the address where I might purchase the book you had mention about the photographers .
Thank You.
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The booklet came from:
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society ( ANESFHS)
164, King Street,
Aberdeen,
AB24 5BD
Just down the road from where the Middleton Studios were and also not far from where my family lived in the 1930s.
Jen
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Hi GenJen
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Hi everyone
I have another Middleton Photographer for you.
My GG Grandfather George Middleton was registered on his daughters birth entry in 1861 as a photographer living at 80 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen.
Can anyone shed any light on this one please ?
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Hi Jen,
You were looking for photographs by your relative Middletons' Art Studio a few years ago. Well, I have just come across one in what must have been my late mother's collection of photos and was just about to throw it away when I decided to Google the address to see if it still existed. It is still in good nick.
Dascha
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:o :o :o Dascha007
Please don't throw away any old photographs!
If you do not want them put them to a charity shop or a Family History Society. Someone out there wants them!!
Perhaps you could scan the photo in question and post it on this board? Do you have any idea at all who is in the photo?
Are you not interested in finding out? Perhaps there is someone on here who can help. Got to be worth a try don't you think?
Regards
Forguette
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Hi Forguette,
Thanks for the advice. I'm having a general clearout and have no idea who the gentleman is - certainly not my dad! I sadly hardly even remember my mum so it didn't seem much point in keeping photos of people I don't know but would be delighted to send them to a family history society or whatever rather than bin them. I will certainly scan this photo in but will have to photocopy it first as it is too hard to go through my scanner.
Regards
Dascha
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Dascha - please do try to post it on here. If you take it to a camera shop, they will almost certainly be able to make a digital copy of it but whatever you do, don't throw the original away.
I am currently trying to identify a couple whose wedding photographs I found, lurking in an antiques shop on the other side of the country from their home. Someone, somwhere is related to these people and if they are interested in their family history, I have a couple of real treasures for them. The same applies to this photograph of yours.
Looking forward to seeing it soon,
Jen :)
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Hi again,
I have scanned in both sides of the photo of this unknown gentleman but I keep getting told that I can't upload it, whether as a Word file or as a TIF (2.7 mb or 3.37 mbso it's not that big. The original photo is still pretty good quality, despite being stored ten years in my garage. I'd be pleased to send the original if you are interested, but you'd have to tell me how!
Best wishes
Dascha
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This explains why you can't post your image.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,307737.0.html
I use VSO image re-sizer, which I am fairly sure was a free download - I don't pay for anything I don't have to, being largely of Scottish and Yorkshire extraction.
If you struggle, I am sure someone in the technical board will be able to help you.
Jen