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Offline mirl

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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #54 on: Friday 24 March 17 05:02 GMT (UK) »
I came to the same conclusion as majm, rendering it as Tobie Mile, so I searched GRO indexes and 1871 census using Tob* Mil* and using the dates as given and haven't been able to find a thing other than the find a grave reference.

If we go back to the theory that it might be a re-mounted picture then it could have come from anywhere, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, America, India, Australia etc. sent to a relative "back home".
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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #55 on: Friday 24 March 17 05:36 GMT (UK) »
I have to say, I can't fathom why the 2 dates differ in the way they were written i.e. the Born date & Died date, different formats  ???

Probably of no significance but noticeable.

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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #56 on: Friday 24 March 17 09:20 GMT (UK) »
Born Jany 26th 71
died
March 10th 1875

I think the abbreviated "Jany" would be due to insufficient space to write January in full, and then by writing 'died' on a line by itself, there was then sufficient space to write March in full. (Same reasoning with the writing for the years too)

I do not see more than one hand writing on that reverse side of the card.  :)

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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #57 on: Friday 24 March 17 09:27 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: loobylooayr on Friday 24 March 17 01:05 GMT (UK)
Possibly a red herring and I cannot find this child on 1871 Census but -

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X4R-9SM   
Simeon Ragers T Mills born Jan/Feb/Mar 1871 Islington.

There is a death  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JK3-LGM 
Simeon Mills  age 4 Jan/Feb/Mar 1875   at Axminster, Devon   ::) :-\
Don't know if these are the same boy.
And Axminster not exactly handy for a post mortem photograph by an Islington photographer. But as he is the closest I have found I thought I would point him out.

Looby  :)

GRO online shows the birth reg as Simeon Rogers Thomas Mills, mmn Chant.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #58 on: Friday 24 March 17 09:27 GMT (UK) »
Would boys of 4 yrs still have long hair?
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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #59 on: Friday 24 March 17 09:30 GMT (UK) »
Yes, boys of 4 years of age in the 1870s could well have 'long' hair.   

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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #60 on: Friday 24 March 17 09:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks majm,
I wasn't sure and photos I checked all seemed to have shorter hair.
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Re: Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??
« Reply #61 on: Friday 24 March 17 15:11 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: avm228 on Friday 24 March 17 09:27 GMT (UK)
Quote from: loobylooayr on Friday 24 March 17 01:05 GMT (UK)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X4R-9SM   
Simeon Ragers T Mills born Jan/Feb/Mar 1871 Islington.

Looby  :)

GRO online shows the birth reg as Simeon Rogers Thomas Mills, mmn Chant.
 

Och, I hoped the T might stand for Tobias/Tobie  ;D  Never mind.

I agree with majm - only one hand writing on the reverse of the card.

Looby :) :)
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