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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #36 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:37 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I notice the man is not wearing a wedding ring suggesting he was not married and so, presumably, they were not husband and wife.

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Spot on, Simon. I thought they were mother and son hence my question about the 'widow's cap'.
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #37 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:40 BST (UK) »
Not all that many men wore wedding rings in those days.
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #38 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:45 BST (UK) »
The lack of a wedding ring could indicate unmarried.
Equally it could indicate a married man who didn't wear a wedding ring.
I have several photos of ancestors who were most definitely married but weren't wearing wedding rings.
I don't think you can read anything into it.
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #39 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:47 BST (UK) »
Yes because i said around 1890s and the i was told mid to late 1890s.  It doesnt really matter but I was only giving my opinion to the post not looking to be told off.

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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #40 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:50 BST (UK) »
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #41 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:51 BST (UK) »
The lack of a wedding ring could indicate unmarried.
Equally it could indicate a married man who didn't wear a wedding ring.
I have several photos of ancestors who were most definitely married but weren't wearing wedding rings.
I don't think you can read anything into it.

I'm not reading into anything, I'm just saying Simon spotted something we all missed, not that he has found the answer to the OP's question.  :)
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #42 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 14:58 BST (UK) »
The lack of a wedding ring could indicate unmarried.
Equally it could indicate a married man who didn't wear a wedding ring.
I have several photos of ancestors who were most definitely married but weren't wearing wedding rings.
I don't think you can read anything into it.

I'm not reading into anything, I'm just saying Simon spotted something we all missed, not that he has found the answer to the OP's question.  :)

I didn't for a moment intend to suggest that Simon thought he'd found the answer to the question.

Just that he said I notice the man is not wearing a wedding ring suggesting he was not married
which I felt was not a correct conclusion to draw.
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #43 on: Wednesday 04 June 25 15:56 BST (UK) »
But his wording 'suggesting' is correct, is it not?
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Re: Mystery photo from UK
« Reply #44 on: Thursday 05 June 25 18:52 BST (UK) »

So I BELIEVED this to be my Great grandfather  George McQuire/MacQuire Born cir 1845 in High Halden, Kent and his mother, Caroline MacQuire, nee Sayer born Warehorn Kent, Cir 1819- Feb 3, 1885. She would have been a widow since 1866 and I thought her outfit appeared to be something a widow would wear.  I base this on the slimmest of evidence. Almost nothing. Who I acquired the photo from, the fact that the man has a very strong resemblance to a modern day relative. I also believe this other woman to be the man's wife (below) and her name was Susannah Henrietta McQuire, nee Weatherhead. Unless you think this could be the same woman but she looks very frail in the photo sitting down. If none of this works out, I'm at square one.  ??? ;D ;D

I think both photographs could be of Susannah Henrietta. If the couple's photo was late 1890s or early 1900s and her solo photo is c. 1890 the difference between the photos could be around 10 years and the man in the photo could be her son Arthur George McQuire and her husband George would have already died.
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