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Frank Day was born in Nottingham
in 1870, the youngest of three sons of William & Sarah Ann
Day. His father, who was a shoemaker, died when
Frank was
still a child, and his mother remarried a dyer, John Ward.
Frank
followed his step-father into this industry when a teenager, but
appears to have become a photographer some time in the late
1890s. It is possible that he worked as a travelling
photographer
for the Nottingham photographers Freckleton & Co. of 63 Long
Row,
Nottingham. He married Gertrude Maud Allsop in 1897, and
their
first child Harold Edgar was born at Smalley in early 1898.
By
April 1901 they were living at 169 Ray Street in Heanor, and Frank was
working as a photographer. Adamson (1997) shows Day with a
studio
at Mansfield Road, Heanor from 1906 until 1912. A cabinet
card
(see below) also indicates that he had a studio at Station Road in
Heanor, but it is not know whether this was before or after the Ray
Street era. A large format mounted photo (see below) shows
that
he also operated from a studio at 108 Pear Tree Road, Derby, probably
after the First World War. |
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Unidentified
baby by F. Day of Station Road, Heanor Undated, but possibly taken c. 1900 Format: Cabinet Card Image © & courtesy of Alan Craxford Notes |
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Two
unidentified young girls (left) and an unidentified older girl (right) taken by F. Day of Ray Street, Heanor Undated, but probably taken c. 1900-1905 Format: Cabinet Card Image © & courtesy of Alan Craxford Notes |
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Two
unidentified young girls (left) and an unidentified older girl (right) taken by F. Day of Ray Street, Heanor Undated, but probably taken c. 1900-1905 Format: Cabinet Card Image © & courtesy of Terry Smith Notes |
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John
Miller (c.1848-1922) by F. Day of 108 Pear Tree Rd., Derby Undated, but probably taken c. 1920 Format: Large mounted albumen print Image ©
& courtesy
of Lynne
Tedder |
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Notes by
BP: John Miller, who was my own gg-grandfather as well as
Lynne's
great-grandfather, was variously a brick and pipemaker, grocer,
shopkeeper, farmer and sub-postmaster at Weston Underwood. It
appears from this photograph that he may also have operated a carrier
service between Derby and Weston Underwood. |
References
Images kindly provided by Terry Smith, Lynne Tedder and Alan Craxford 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church 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 (1899) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co. Limited, London. Anon (1912) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1912, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London. Adamson, Keith I.P. (1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire 1843 - 1914, The PhotoHistorian, No. 118 Supplement, September 1997, ISSN 0957-0209. Courtesy of John Bradley. |
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