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Frederick
William Robinson
was born in 1824 at Stamford in Lincolnshire, one of at least eight
children
of Thomas Wilkinson Robinson and Jane Brumhead. He married Sophia
Palmer Wignore at Driffield, East Yorkshire in 1850 and had several
children
before Sophia died in the early 1870s. He then remarried Susanna
Elizabeth Barnes (born at Bow Bells, London c. 1852) early in
1874.
Susanna bore him another two sons.
An 1876 trade directory shows Frederick W. Robinson working as a "painter & photographer", with premises in St. Martin street, Stamford St. Martin, Lincolnshire. By April 1881, Frederick and Susan were living at 21 High Street "Photographer's Shop", Stamford Baron St. Martin; he described himself as a photographer, and she as a photographer's assistant. Between then and October 1882, when an advertisement appeared in the Long Eaton Advertiser, they moved to Long Eaton in Derbyshire, where they set up in premises at 3 Regent Street. The advertisement and the 1887 and 1891 Kelly's trade directories show "Susannah Elizabeth Robinson" as proprietor of the studio, although the census of April 1891 describes both of them as photographers. Adamson (1997) states that Mr. F.W. Robinson was mainly a sign-writer, decorater and picture framer, but also dealt with the outdoor photography. They were living at 13 Prince Street in Long Eaton. Frederick Robinson died at Stamford in late 1894. However, Susanna operated the studio in Long Eaton until 1893, when she moved to 29 Lavender Street, Nottingham (Adamson, 1897). This studio appears to have been open in 1893-1895 and again in 1906-1907 (Heathcote & Heathcote, n.d.). |
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Unidentified cleric by S.E. Robinson of Long Eaton Undated Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of John Bradley It is interesting that the front and reverse of this photo have different photographer's names - the front is blind stamped with "F.W. Robinson," the back with, "S.E. Robinson." ![]() |
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References Images kindly provided by John Bradley 1881 UK Census - online from the LDS church 1891 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com 1901 UK Census index - online from the PRO FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church Anon (1870) Harrod's Directory of Northamptonshire. - from University of Leicester - Digital Library of Historical Directories. 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. Adamson, Keith I.P. (Sep 1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire, 1843-1914. Supplement No. 118 to The PhotoHistorian, ISSN 0957-0209. Heathcote, Bernard & Pauline (n.d.) Pioneers of Photography in Nottinghamshire, 1841-1910. Nottinghamshire County Council Community Services, ISBN 0 902751 38 7. |
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