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Porri was
born c. 1831 in Nottingham, son of John Porri and Sarah
Wilson.
He
married Hannah (or Annie) Nixon at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on 14
January
1860. They initially settled in Nottingham, and were living
at 1 Harrison's Yard, Radford, where Porri is shown as a photographer
in the 1861 Census. By April
1871, however,
Augustine (or Austin) and his wife were in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and
he was described as a travelling photographer. A decade
later, in April 1881, he was back in his home town, living at 14 White
Cow Yard, Carter
Gate,
Nottingham
St Mary's and working as a "photographer". An example of a
CDV,
dated tentatively from the mid-1870s (see below), is from his period at
Carter Gate.
They moved to Sandiacre, in Derbyshire, between then and 1891 (Census) - probably after late 1886, as he was not listed in Kelly's 1887 directory - and he opened a photographic studio in Derby Road, also listed in Kelly's 1895 directory. Kelly's 1899 directory lists him as a furniture broker and dealer. Augustine and Hannah Porri were still living in Sandiacre in 1901, and he was shown as a "Broker General". It apears that he had probably ceased working as a photographer by late 1898. He died in 1909 at Sandiacre. |
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Elderly
unidentified couple, by Augustine Porri of Carter Gate, Nottingham, Undated, but probably taken in the late 1870s Format: Carte de visite Image © & courtesy of Annette Pugh Notes by AP: Unfortunately I do not know who this couple are. I am guessing that it is my gg-grandfather Henry Hinton, born c. 1806, with his second wife Sarah. Sarah died in 1873, so if the photo was taken later than this it can't be them. |
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Unidentified
young woman by Augustine Porri, of Carter Gate, Nottingham Undated, but probably taken in the early 1880s Format: Carte de visite Size: Mount 63 x 105 mm Photo 55 x 92 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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Unidentified
young woman by Augustine Porri, of Carter Gate, Nottingham Undated, but probably taken in the early 1880s Format: Carte de visite Size: Mount 63.5 x 105 mm Photo 58 x 90 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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Unidentified
young boy by Augustine Porri, of Carter Gate, Nottingham Undated, but probably taken in the mid-1880s Format: Carte de visite Size: Mount 64 x 104.5 mm Photo 56 x 97.5 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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Unknown
boy, by Augustine Porri of Derby Road, Sandiacre, Date unknown Format: unknown Image © & courtesy of John Bradley Nothing further is known about this photo. |
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| References
Images kindly provided by Brett Payne, Annette Pugh and John Bradley 1881 UK Census - online from the LDS church 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church Anon (1895) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co. Limited, London. |
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