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I don't know if this is the correct board to post this, but could anybody give me advice as to help I could get, or where to look, that will help me to date a photograph I have of one of my ancestors.

I am having trouble, I know who she is, but am having problems finding any records of her. If I can have some idea of the period it may help me!

Thank you.

if you know who she is can you say her name and where she was born

nudge to make this the primary thread :-)

Yes I can tell you who she is, have posted threads about her before, still not much further on, but now I have a photo of her, hoping it might help a bit! ;)

Charlotte Conway (Bean)

I have no idea where she was born. All the rest of the family are either around Greenwich or Croydon.

I'm not expecting anyone to help with looking for her, people have done that for me before and I am very grateful, but wondered how I could attempt to date the photo.

I will try and delete the copied thread, thank you.

can you guess her age in the photo

Possibly early 20's. Its difficult, in those days they could look ancient at 45! She looks young, but definitely not a child.

is conway her birth name or is it bean

That's a good question, I don't know, which has made things difficult. I know she is part of both families line. Conway and Bean. I have quite a lot of information on both families now. It difficult to explain on here as its better if you can see the family tree to follow it.

What I am fairly sure of is she is a cousin (or second cousin maybe) of John Henry McRae (1881)
She may have had a daughter called Tamar. I have that name come up in my family tree but its with a different mother and father and that spelling is Tamah..

Alisa, do you have the means to upload
the photo to 'Keepsafe'? If so you could do that and post the link so that we could look as it is sometimes possible to date by the costume.

Ok I'll have a go now. Thank you.

I wonder if the Florence Charlotte mentioned here is the Charlotte in the photo?

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1321162?d=asc

"Alisa Report 11 Mar 2013 20:51
I wondered if anyone can help me.

I am trying to find out information on Mary Bean. She married John Mcrae. They had children - George, Alice, Elizabeth, Florence Charlotte, Catherine, Bertha, Henryetta, John Henry, Edith, James and Mary.

I would like to know who Mary's parents were, and it would be good if I could trace Mary's grandparents too, and when and where Mary and John married."

"Marriages Mar 1868 (>99%)
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BEAN Mary Elizabeth Croydon 2a 197
McRae John Croydon 2a 197

Possibly not

Deaths Dec 1892 (>99%)
McRae Florence Charlotte 18 Croydon 2a 135

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
44, Ernest Street, Bermondsey, St Olave Southwark, London, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Mc Rae Head Married Male 38 1843 Tanner (Flecher) Newington, Surrey, Englan
Mary Mc Rae Wife Married Female 35 1846 - Croydon, Surrey, England
George Mc Rae Son Single Male 11 1870 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England T
Elizth Mc Rae Daughter Single Female 10 1871 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Florence Mc Rae Daughter Single Female 6 1875 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England Transcription
Catherine Mc Rae Daughter Single Female 4 1877 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Bertha Mc Rae Daughter Single Female 3 1878 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Harriett Mc Rae Daughter Single Female 1 1880 Scholar Bermondsey, Surrey, England
George Mc Rae Father Widower Male 64 1817 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mary A Bradford Visitor Widow Female 80 1801 - Paddington, Middlesex, England

Ok I have the photo in Keepsafe, now what do I do with it?!

No its not Florence Charlotte, she is a different person, I know all about her and she died at 18 from TB.

If you click on the photo you should see somethng like this to the side

Title
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Description
TagsPhoto
PrivacyShared with everyone

My Information

FolderMy Keepsafe


Make sure you have it 'shared with everyone' and then post the link here, which shows in your browser bar.

should be something like this
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/1016486

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/24435207

Hope this is correct!

Yes that's it Alisa,

Comparing it to photos I have of my gt aunts and grandmother, I would say it was about 1900?

Thank you, I'll have a look online and see if I can find clothes for that era. See if they match up perhaps.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/24438030

This is my grandparents' wedding in 1902...quite similar I would say so I think Rose is spot on!

Jude

I can't find the photo at the minute but one of my gt aunts is wearing virtually the same hat and looks like the same jacket judging from the large collar with edging, just rechecking her dob and as she was a teenager, just, in the photo it would make it 1905.

My grandmother had her hair up like that in photos taken just before her marriage so between 1900 and 1905.

I'd guess your lady is early 20s in the photo?