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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand John William Robinson of Chesterfield |
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| John Robinson had studios at several addresses in
Chesterfield from 1895 until at least 1913. |
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| John William Robinson was born
at Beverley, Yorkshire in 1875, son of a labourer Frederick Robinson
and his wife Ann Elizabeth Stokes. In 1891 he was working as
an errand boy in Beverley, but by 1895 he had opened a photographic
studio at West Bars, Chesterfield. The 1901 Census shows him
single and boarding with a family at 67 Foljambe Road. He
married in late 1907. Adamson shows Robinson continuing with
studio at West Bars until at least 1913. However, he appears
to have operated from additional premises at 14a Packers Row (1904),
Old Angel Yard, Packer's Row (1906-1907) and Chatsworth Road (1908). |
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Unidentified
man by J.W. Robinson of Chesterfield Undated, but probably taken in 1903 Format: Cabinet Card Size: Mount 107.5 x 165.5 mm Photo 95.5 x 139 mm Image © & courtesy of John Frearson Notes by JF: Possibly the father
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Ennis Jane Wragg (see below). |
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Unidentified
woman by J.W. Robinson of Chesterfield Undated, but probably taken in 1903 Format: Cabinet Card Size: Mount 106.5 x 165 mm Photo 96 x 139.5 mm Image © & courtesy of John Frearson Notes by JF: Possibly the mother of Ennis Jane Wragg (see below). |
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Ennis
Jane Wragg by J.W. Robinson of Chesterfield Undated, but probably taken c. 1903 Format: Cabinet Card Size: Mount 107.5 x 165 mm Photo 96 x 140 mm Image © & courtesy of John Frearson Notes by JF: The three portraits [by J.W. Robinson were] probably all taken at the same session, one being of Ennis Jane Wragg. There is an identical postcard print from the same negative and a later print refers to this being taken "two years ago" - that card being postmarked July 1905 - so the three are probably about 1903. |
| References
Images kindly provided by John Frearson 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. Anon (1895) History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, T. Bulmer & Co. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith Anon (1899) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Nottinghamshire, Kelly & Co., London. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories Anon (1912) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1912, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London. Anon (1917) Chesterfield Year Book & Directory for 1917, Printed by The Derbyshire Courier, Chesterfield, Dec 1916 - by kind courtesy of Rita Effnert 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. Craven, Maxwell (ed.) (1993) Keene's Derby, Breedon Books, Derby, pp. 200-202. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith |
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