This is just one of the many wonderful old family photos that travelled by sea from England two or three months ago. When my brother died last Christmas, my amazing group of friends went through all the belongings in the house (most of which had belonged to my parents) and carefully put aside every single important, sentimental thing. I now have a whole pile of my father's precious old photo albums (and the various awards that he won for his photography - I love that it was his passion, too) and quite a few of these old family photos, which I'd never seen before. This is the very first one I've scanned. I e-mailed it to my three "kids" yesterday and then decided that they might not be too thrilled to have their Inboxes stuffed with large-sized scans, so I guess I will post an occasional one for them here on Flickr. You never know, maybe some relative somewhere in the world will come across them and find them interesting and helpful.
This photo is of my paternal Grandmother, Alice Gladwell Bassindale and her oldest child, Alice Mary Bassindale (I knew her as Auntie Molly). The only time I remember seeing my (elderly) paternal grandparents was when my Mother, Brother and I stayed with them for a few months when I was about 12 years old, while my Father was searching further afield for a new job.
My paternal Grandma, Alice Gladwell Bassindale (born 1876). Between October 1900 and December 1900 in Middlesex, she married Albert Elijah Bassindale (Timber Merchant), my paternal Grandfather, at Grays Thurrock, Essex. Here, she is with her oldest child, daughter Alice Mary Bassindale (known as Mollie, my Auntie Mollie 1904-1967). Her other children were Tom Carden (my father 1907-1976), Vera Gladwell (1911-?), and Nora Margaret (1915-?).
Information taken from 1891, 1901 and 1911 Census:
3 April 1881 49 Victoria Road, St. Giles, Northampton, Northamptonshire
Census 5 April 1891 Walsall Road, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Census 31 March 1901 8 Rock Terrace, All Saints with St. Peter, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Census 2 April 1911 49 Queen Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire
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A second photo of Alice Gladwell Bassindale (my paternal Grandmother), along with her husband, Alberta Elijah Bassindale (my paternal Grandfather). The three children are, in order of age: Alice Mary Bassindale ("Mollie"), Vera Gladwell, and my Father, Tom Carden. Photo taken around 1914. Names and date were written by my Brother on the back of the photo - he spent many, many years working on our family history, and I have a huge amount of information that he had researched - wonderful for us. This is one of the many old family photos that I am lucky enough to now have, after being shipped with other items from England after my Brother died.
This photo was apparently taken when they were living in Queen Street. Info by John Daffurn, with thanks.
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This is my paternal Great Grandmother, Eliza Jane Shadick. She was born about 1847? in Gravesend, Kent, England, and died in 1929. She had one sibling, Ann Shadick. In 1875 (between July 1875 and September 1875), she married the Rev. Henry Carden (1852-1930) at Gravesend. Their children were Alice Gladwell (1876), Florence Sophia (1878, who married Frederick Hobson between July 1904 and September 1904 at Yorkshire [North Riding]), Nellie (1879), Percy Samuel (1880, who married Catherine Batson between July 1905 and September 1905 in Cumberland), and William Henry (1885 - between December 1951 and March 1952, who married Daisy Elizabeth Jinks between July 1908 and September 1908 in Northamptonshire).
Eliza Jane Shadick of Greys, Essex, was a school-teacher prior to marriage. Her family later moved to Gravesend, Kent. Alice, the oldest, was my paternal Grandmother. I'm adding these old family photos to Flickr so that I don't have to take up lots of space in my kids' e-mail Inboxes. I also hope that someone out there might just find these images of interest or help - I had found nothing on Google myself.
Information taken from UK Census 1881, 1891, 1911:
Birth about 1847 Gravesend, Kent
Census 3 April 1881 49 Victoria Road, St. Giles, Northampton, Northamptonshire
Census 5 April 1891 Walsall Road, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Census 31 March 1901 4 West Road, Tottenahm, Middlesex
Census 2 April 1911 Heathfield, 100 Elwick Road, West Hartlepool, Durham
This photo was printed on card that is 4.1" x 2.5". I'm not sure if this is what is referred to as a Cartes-de-visite 2 1/2 X 4 1850s - 1900s.
The photographer was Robert Hider (Portrait and Landscape Photographer), 183 Parrock Street, Gravesend, Kent, England. Photograph number 5943. Going by the list of addresses for Eliza, this photo was taken between 1847 and 1881.
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This photo did not scan well, to put it mildly - will have to see if taking a photo of this old photo of my parents works better! This was one of many photos that were in an album that had been given to my father by the company from which he was retiring. One of the many albums that were shipped over to me two or three months ago. My father was Tom Carden Bassindale (1907-1976) and my mother was Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal).
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This photo (an image on a thin piece of metal) was amongst the old family photos that were shipped over to me from England about three months ago. I wish I knew who these people were - has to be from my father's side of the family. Maybe I'll be able to find out one day. I just think this is such a sweet photo. If I'm correct, the following information would apply to this image. My original photo has been cut to about 8 cm x almost 7 cm and has obviously been cut roughly and unevenly.
"Tintypes were a cheap format photograph (about three English pence) where the image is formed on a thin sheet of lacquered iron. The image is dark and the surface can look quite mottled and imperfect or have an orange peel look if you reflect the light on to it. The metal is usually cut out quite roughly as if cut by hand without a guideline, using metal shears. The size varies but 9cm x 6cm (same as the print of a CDV) is typical, but it can be as large as 25cm x 10cm.
They were first produced in 1852 and the American and English Patent was granted in 1856 - probably the earliest date one would expect to find. They were popular because they were strong and could be carried in a pocket, especially during the American Civil War period (1860s), and could be cut up to fit in lockets and jewellery. The image was in reverse, and only one unique photograph was made. It was not as popular in Europe as in America but there are English tintypes from the late 1850s, many in the 1880s and even as late as the 1930s, where they finally became the end of the pier photo or perhaps taken at fairgrounds."
www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm
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