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Hi, I've just come across this post - my wife is also decended from William Kellet & Ann Wilson. A couple of bits of info I can add:

Thomas Kellett, soldier age 35, married Sophia Patient on 30 Nov 1858 at Southwark and his father is shown as Thomas Kellett, farmer. I had assumed he was Thomas Kellet son of Thomas & Isabella baptised at Longsleddale on 9 Dec 1821 (IGI) - and that Thomas is the son of William Kellet & Ann Wilson.  As his age varies a bit in the censuses I hadn't worried about it being a year out on the marriage record, but I may be wrong.

On the original post, I've got a tentative baptism from IGI for Abigail Todhunter at Threlkeld Cumberland on 17 Jan 1723 daughter of Dav Todhunter. Parents would be David Todhunter & Elisabeth Robinson married at Threlkeld 20 Oct 1715.  Hard to prove, but Abigail did name one of her children David, also there is a David Todhunter buried at Longsleddale in 1807 - possibly Abigail's brother (baptised at Threlkeld 22 Apr 1728).

Paul.

Hi Adam, thank you for those, that's very kind of you.

The Mankin's are cousins so great to have that.

I hadn't come across thos Chamberlains before and I can't find them in the censuses either, but they may well be relatives so I'll dig around a bit more.

Was there another Chamberlain headstone? I just wondered as it was Chamberlain (Robson) in your list which caught my attention as I have links to both Chamberlain's and Robson's in Auckland but didn't know of a marriage between them.

Thanks again, Paul.

Hi, thanks for all you replies.

Jim, 1870's would fit very well with what I was hoping as the man I believe it is was in his 70's then.  I had wondered whether it might be his son (who had the same name) rather than him but the son wasn't born until 1831, so judging by the age of the man in the photo if it's from the 1870's I think it must be the father.

Thanks your restoration Bill. You've done a great job, especially with so little detail in the face to work with. It's much appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestions on the label Tony. Do you think this was a label placed on the photo by the photographer at the time or something that might have been added much later by a relative?   I was a bit surprised the label was on the front. I think the first line may say Huck as that was the man's surname.  I didn't have a clue about the rest though but was hoping there may be a date in there somewhere.  A filing code makes a lot of sense though as it does seem to have several numbers or letters or whatever.

Thanks again to you all, Paul.

Hi, please could someone help me by restoring this photo. It shows a school group from "Swan Street LCC school" and was taken in 1903 according to a note on the back but this looks to have been added later so may not be 100% reliable. The girl arrowed (not by me!) is my grandmother so I'm particularly interested in that part of the photo. Also any ideas what the outfits are about or what the occasion is?  The school would have been in London - probably Islington or Whitechapel. Thanks for any help, Paul.

Hi Adam, please could you post the MI's for Chamberlain and Mankin.
Thanks, Paul.