Aulus:
I see nee: Hampson - what is your lineage as Hampson is part of my great-grandmothers name.
Deb
She's an in-law, bebbajohn.
Florence Hampson married John Noble Stevenson 16 Feb 1892 at the Register Office in Chorlton, Manchester. Witnessed by J. Hampson & Emma Hughes. Florence's father is given as William Henry Hampson, a town traveller.
I've not managed to find Florence's birth yet - well, I probably have, but I don't know which of the three Florence Hampsons with father William, for whom I've got birth certificates, is her. Annoying.
She also doesn't appear on the censuses (not that I can find).
She's a black sheep that grandparents wouldn't talk about other than to tut, shudder and say "she went to London". Presumably she and John split up. Most likely she worked as an actress or similar in London. She's certainly showing an indecent amount of flesh for that period! The photograph is taken by Henry van der Weyde at 182 Regent Steet, London (the first photographer to use electric light in his studio) between Sep 1877 and 1902 (when his studio was in Regent St).