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Offline joboy

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You show me yours ......
« on: Monday 11 August 08 23:29 BST (UK) »
and I'll show you mine!!
This is the oldest photo of a family member that I have in my collection ..... dont know when it was taken but he was born in 1771.
Thomas Flower born Reading Berks.
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Re: You show me yours ......
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 August 08 23:47 BST (UK) »
Has this photo been enhanced?  Quality seems very high to have been of someone b1771 considering how young photpgraphy would have been. 
Perhaps someone can date the clothing.
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FORREST (Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire)
ROONEY (Co Down, Co Antrim) 
BORTHWICK, FORTUNE, BARKER, SIVES (Lothians)
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Re: You show me yours ......
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:00 BST (UK) »
Joboy, could you rescan this photo please? Do it in colour mode, and please include the edges and corners....

Is there a design on the back at all?

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Re: You show me yours ......
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:16 BST (UK) »
Considering he's probably in his 60s or 70s in this photo, I don't think it could be the man you think it is, joboy  :-\  because that would mean the photo was taken in the 1840s, which is next to impossible.  Looks 1880s or 90s to me...

Sorry!

Prue :)

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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:16 BST (UK) »
Sorry,I do not have the original photo ... the image was kindly sent to me by new found cousins in New Zealand.
I must agree that the photo is of fine quality and I would tend to think that Thomas b 1771 was in his Sunday best when it was taken around 1848 as a memory for his son William and family who migrated to NZ that year.
My 'Flower's' descend from William's brother John who like his father Thomas stayed in Reading.
I shall make a point of asking my NZ family link if there is any writing on the photo or it's reverse side.
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Finch UK and Australia

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Re: You show me yours ......
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:23 BST (UK) »
This is my oldest photo, taken in 1873.
I have a copy of an older family photo but it's not mine to post.
If Joe's photo was taken in the late fifties it would fit with someone born 1771.
Leonie.
 
Direct matriarchal line; ENNIS-Yeatman-Cooper-Papps-Ryland-Lechford/Luxford-Bagshaw-Henriett
ENNIS-Thomas-Bonnin-Aldridge-Williams-Harding-Brown.
ENNIS-Davis/Davies-Buck-Oakley-
JONES-Roberts-Handy-Ross-Warrillow-Eagles-Cotterill-Bailey.
JONES-Walton-Grayson-Stobbs-Baldwin-Ibbotson-Scott.
JONES-Goodwin-Parker-Instant-Hubbard-Hancock-Skinner.

STILL LOOKING FOR: Elizabeth Ann Balfour ENNIS nee DAVIS. Disappeared in Adelaide, South Australia. 1881.

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:24 BST (UK) »
Quote from: PrueM on Tuesday 12 August 08 03:16 BST (UK)
Considering he's probably in his 60s or 70s in this photo, I don't think it could be the man you think it is, joboy  :-\  because that would mean the photo was taken in the 1840s, which is next to impossible.  Looks 1880s or 90s to me...

Sorry!

Prue :)

That's kinda where I was heading too.  I didn't want to come out and say it without more info.  It looks like a studio photograph which never really started until mid 1850's which would make your Mr Flower 80+?  I can't see it.
It'll be interesting to find out more about the photo.
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ROONEY (Co Down, Co Antrim) 
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ANDERSON (Moray, Caithness)

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:30 BST (UK) »
A photo taken in 1848 would be extremely uncommon to find in a family collection...this looks like a standard Albumen print from the hey-day of the carte-de-visite and Cabinet cards (1860s-1890s).

If you could find out more about the pic, do let us know - it will be interesting to find out more about it  :)

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 03:44 BST (UK) »
When did Thomas die, Joboy?

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