Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell

[Turtle Dove]

Hi, yes I'll ask her. I think she said there was nothing on it - we were discussing the photo recently as she had never noticed the lady in the background and I asked her straightaway who she was! I'll get on to her now :-)

[Turtle Dove]

Our emails overlapped - but whilst I wait and hope for a scan of the back of the photo, I can at least confirm that it's definitely William, who died in 1928. My cousin's grandfather used to show her the photo of his Dad :-)

[Gadget]

Using his date of birth of 1853 and the possible age on the photo - say between 50 and 65 - we have a possible date range of 1903 to 1918.

 

[Treetotal]

Using his date of birth of 1853 and the possible age on the photo - say between 50 and 65 - we have a possible date range of 1903 to 1918.

 

I would agree with that, men are not easy to date from clothing as they didn't change their style very often and the only other clue is the lady in the background which is faded out. I wouldn't be surprised if the first photo was a copy. The two men do like like they could be related and most likely Father and Son.
Carol

[Jool]

Turtle Dove, I don't wish to cast doubt on your wedding day theory, but wouldn't he be wearing a buttonhole if he was father of the bride 

[Treetotal]

That had occurred to me too Jools and the fact that the ladies are faded out could suggest they may just be background figures unrelated to the gent.
Carol

[Turtle Dove]

Yes I agree, it was a long shot! I was actually hoping it was taken in 1901 when my great-grandmother was staying with him. There are no photos of her in existence. But at least it's him, and I've leaned lots of interesting things about photography and bicycle lights along the way. It all brings my family tree to life and I'm really grateful to everyone who has helped :-)