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Hi,
The person who has the dress  inherited from his mother when she passed away two years ago, it had been passed down in his family as Sarah is his direct ancestor, so he took the photo's of the dress.

 Sarah Purton (nee Smith), signed an affadavit saying that she married Shadrach Purton in “St John’s Church 1822”, and her older children were born in "St Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. As a couple they moved around a lot, as Shadrach was a private in the army and was stationed in Belgium, Waterloo, France, Canada and Ireland. I don't know if Sarah had a job or if she was in service, but she could have made the dress herself. cheers Janine.

Thanks for your quick reply! How exciting, I was hoping that it was but I didn't want to get carried away with wishful thinking. It also had this cape attachment. cheers Janine

Yes, I thought so too. The person who has the original photo album said the name beside the photo looked like Thomas Williams but he thought the photo was of Robert (senior). We do have a Robert Williams (junior) born 1840 and he had a younger brother, Thomas Albert Williams born 1856 but he died aged 27 yrs of Thyphus in 1884. I think it is more likely Thomas in the photo. Would this fit the date/style of the photo better? He certainly was a spiffy dresser. I will check the family records to see if there was any weddings etc around this time that he may have been attending. Thanks again for all your insights and suggestions.

Hi, is it possible to get an approx. dating of this photo? I was sent this scan by a distant relative who told me it was Robert Williams born 1810 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. I was wondering if his clothing etc could give an indication of when the photo was taken and whether it fits in with how old Robert would have been at the time? If it is possible it would be lovely if it could be cleaned up a little to remove the age spots. Thank you. 

Hi David,

I haven't really made any headway to find concrete evidence of the Clark connection . I would like to find a marriage record for Hannah Hoopers second marriage to William Clark but so far no luck.

George Uley Hoopers second son, William Uley Hooper, married Emily Mary Walton who was connected to my family.

cheers Janine