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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: BattyB on Sunday 08 March 09 15:03 GMT (UK)
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My first message so am not sure which board to use. :-[ :-[
My father worked as a thatcher on the Sidmouth Estate, Upottery, Devon and when he died I "inherited" a framed photo of the lord of the Manor. To cut a long story short, I removed the picture from the wormeaten frame and found another photograph stuck to the back of the lord.
Although there are names of the couple (wedding photo) I cannot quite decipher them but I am sure they are something to do with Lord Sidmouth. It looks like an Edwardian photo and I would be interested if there was any place I could contact that may help identify the couple.
Thanks :) :)
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Hi Battyb
Welcome to Rootschat
Why not post it here (and the names of the couple too) or on the photograph restoration and dating board - Rootschatters love a challenge and some who frequent the "photo" board are very good at dating photographs http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,298.0.html
Casalguidi :)
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Sounds like a good idea but at the moment my scanner is kaput so this avenue will have to be put on hold.
Thanks though :)
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The surname of the Viscount Sidmouths was Addington - does that look like a name on the back?
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Yes that was the family name (we actually lived in a cottage at Upottery years ago called Addington Cotts) and as far as I can deciper the names are : C or G Addington (bride) and Mr I Mount (groom).
He is dressed in a white uniform with an armband on his left arm (no hat) and has a sword at his side.
The photo is not taken outside a church, more like the grounds of a largish garden.
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Betty - if he was in a white uniform might it have been taken abroad? Is it a military-type uniform? Some overseas units had white/light dress uniforms. I know we had a similar-sounding piccie where the celebration photo had been taken at Government House (or something similar) in India.
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Hi Stoney
Yes the white suit does look like a uniform of some sort and also the background does look a bit colonial.
Now I have a new scanner and can understand what to do I can post the photo - may take me a bit of time as I haven't done it before !! :-[ :-[
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Hi BattyB,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
may take me a bit of time as I haven't done it before !!
No problems - take all the time you need :)
If you read this
Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html
and then have a go here:
Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles - Practice Post
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,302309.0.html
you should be able to post your photo here soon.
Bob
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Is this a coincidence ???
In the GRO Index of Army Marriages
Marjorie R. Addington married 1910 at St. Thomas Mount - (wherever that might be) :-\
Susan
Just read BattyB's post again and note initials are C or G :-\
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St. Thomas Mount is in Chennai Madras India
It is deemed to be a holy place, the British came in the 17th Century,
I believe the Royal Artillery had a station there for many years.
Could there have been a military marriage?
Puck
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Is this a coincidence ???
In the GRO Index of Army Marriages
Marjorie R. Addington married 1910 at St. Thomas Mount - (wherever that might be) :-\
Susan
Just read BattyB's post again and note initials are C or G :-\
Marjorie Ruth Addington married Col. Oscar Mark Harris.
She was the daughter of the 4th Viscount Sidmouth.
Sounds a possibility for the photograph - as Puck found, St. Thomas Mount was an Army station in India (Madras).
Eagerly awaiting the photo BattyB ;D
Susan :)
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Have been trying to post the photo but am having probs. Could this be because the photo is in Photosuite ?
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Have been trying but nerves now shattered. Will wait until large son can do it for me !!! ::) ::) ::)