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was born
c. 1831-32 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. He married Harriet
(surname
unknown, born c. 1830-32 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire).
Craven (1993)
states
that Edward Smith was in business in Derby from 1871 to 1891.
Both the 1871 Census and Wright
(1874) show him with a studio at 52 Upper Brook Street, although the
census record describes him merely as an artist. In the late
1870s (certainly by 1881) he had moved to Bramble Street (North side) -
perhaps following
Thomas Battersby - where he remained until at least 1891 (Census
&
Kelly). The 1901 census still shows him practising as a
photographer,
although the lack of any directory entries suggest that perhaps he
worked
for another studio. Craven also suggests that Smith was in
partnership
with William
Taylor at 19 Agard Street in
1885. Adamson (1997) states that Frank
Birch took over from Smith at
the Bramble Street premises in 1894. |
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William
Tipper (1844-), his wife
Hannah née Rodgers and their
sons William & Ernest by E. Smith of Derby Undated, but probably taken in 1876 or 1877 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Martin Jackson Notes (MJ
& BP): William
Tipper was born at Hollington and baptized 6 Oct 1844 at Longford
DBY (see Martin's web
site for full details of this
family). He
was a wheelwright and married Hannah Rodgers (born c.
1848 Postern DBY) in 1868. They had sons William (born 1871
at Hollington) and Ernest W. (born c.1874-1875 at Hollington), and a
daughter Harriet (born 1878 at Derby). This photo was
probably taken in about 1877, shortly after they moved to 11
Manchester Street, Derby St Werburgh's from Hollington, and before the
birth of daughter Harriet in mid-1878. |
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Three
unidentified children by E. Smith of Bramble Street, Derby Undated Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
man by E. Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Central oval raised. Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
woman
by E. Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken in the early to mid-1870s Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Central oval raised. Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young woman by E. Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken in the early to mid-1870s Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Notes: Possibly the same person as in the image below |
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Unidentified
family by Edward Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1880 Format: Cabinet card Size: Mount 108 x 163 mm Photo 101 x 141 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes: |
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Unidentified
young woman by Edward Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1882 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Notes: Possibly the same person as in
the image above |
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Unidentified
boy
by Edward Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1882 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young girl
by Edward Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1882 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young child
by Edward Smith of Bramble Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1882 Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 63.5 x 10.37 mm Photo 56.5 x 92 mm Image © & courtesy of Nigel Aspdin Notes |
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Unidentified
young man by Edward Smith of West End Studio, Bramble Street & Curzon Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1884 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young woman
by Edward Smith of West End Studio, Bramble Street & Curzon Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1876-1884 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young woman,
by Edward Smith of West End Studio, Bramble Street & Curzon Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1878-1884 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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Unidentified
young man by E. Smith of The West End Studio, Bramble Street & Curzon Street, Derby, Undated, but probably taken c. 1878-1884 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Samantha Smith Nothing further is known about this photo |
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| References
Images provided by Brett Payne, Nigel Aspdin, Martin Jackson & Samantha Smith 1881 UK Census - online from the LDS church 1891 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com 1901 UK Census index - online from the PRO FreeBMD Wright C.N. (1874) Directory of South Derbyshire, Third Edition, October 1874, Derby. Anon (1881) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1887) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1891) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Nottinghamshire, Kelly & Co., London. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories Anon (1895) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co. Limited, London. Anon (1895) History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, T. Bulmer & Co. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith Craven, Maxwell (ed.) (1993) Keene's Derby, Breedon Books, Derby, pp. 200-202. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith |
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