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PHOTOS COURTESY OF EDGAR SYDNEY DURHAM’s SON and JEANNETTE JOSEPHINE DURHAM ABBOTT’s CHILDREN

· PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ARRANGED, AFTER FREDERICK EVAN AND HIS WIFE, BY HIS CHILDREN, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF BIRTH

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PAGE UPDATED 16 MAY 2013

D711

his grandson says probably around 1915, not long before his death (1918)

D723

D745

D766

23 JUN 1922

FREDERICK EVAN DURHAM

HARRIET MILES DURHAM, his wife

· in D723, it’s difficult to tell whether they are sitting on the same chair, ie. whether the 2 photos were taken at the same time / in the same studio?

Edgar Sydney Durham’s wedding

back EDGAR SYDNEY DURHAM, LILIAN JANE DURHAM FOSTER

front HARRIET MILES DURHAM, JEANNE VERSCHOOREN DURHAM

D746

late 1890’s?

D747

about 1910/4?

FLORENCE THERESA DURHAM MORTON, LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM

ANGIOLA CODANTE DURHAM, WILLIAM THOMAS DAVENPORT, presumably either their 1^st child BEATRICE C. DAVENPORT (1910-2), or 2^nd child, CHARLES W. DAVENPORT (borm 1914)

D355

1901-2?

D356

D748

early 1930’s?

LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM

· he was in the army from DEC 1900 to JAN 1903

JEANNETTE JOSEPHINE DURHAM ABBOTT, LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM, JEANETTE JOSEPHINE BOURDON DURHAM

► outside the Marine Bathing Pavilion, Margate, Kent?

· note Jeannette Josephine’s pointed shoes!

· the sign behind their heads says MARINE BATHING PAVILION – the only mention online of a Marine Bathing Pavilion is that at Margate, built 1926

· an online search on found the photograph on the right (no connection with the Durham family), taken in a similar position, entitled “Cicely & Gertie taken while walking on the Pavilion on Aug 24th 1927” (photo all rights reserved, no owner shown http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinisaac/2267488608/)

· both photos were possibly taken by professional photographers who roamed such tourist spots and photographed tourists for payment – the writing at the bottom of both photos is probably their mark, helping them to identify the customer when the photo was printed – the author’s father had a camera where it was possible to make a mark on the negative with a (what’s the name for that penlike instrument that doesn’t actually write? ironically I think they’re still used in the computer world)

D726

20 JUL 1935

JEANNETTE JOSEPHINES DURHAM ABBOTT’s WEDDING

friend of the bride, or sister of bridegroom

CHARLES ALFRED ABBOTT, bridegroom’s father

ANGIOLA CODANTE DURHAM DAVENPORT

JEANNETTE JOSEPHINE DURHAM ABBOTT, bride

FLORENCE AGNES CROUCH ABBOTT, bridegroom’s mother

LILIAN JANE DURHAM FOSTER BARCLAY

SIDNEY GEORGE ABBOTT, bridegroom

11-12

possibly Durhams (note attention to elderly mother),

HENRIETTA GEORGINA DURHAM OTTER

HARRIET MILES DURHAM

(see note below)

JEAN HENRIETTA OTTER (HOGGINS?),

(as 1)

14-15

…..

(bridegroom’s son’s guess)

ERNEST ABBOTT, bridegroom’s brother

LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM, bride’s father

(bridegroom’s son’s guess) Charles Alfred Abbott’s brother?

…..

JEANETTE JOSEPHINE BOURDON DURHAM, bride’s mother

(his stepdaughter says it is definitely) WALTER JOHN BARCLAY

ALICE F. OTTER

…..

17-18

…..

26-29

…..

► the wedding took place in West Ham, Essex Registration District

· as it was traditionally the bride’s parents who paid for the wedding and presumably provided the venue for the feasting, the photo was possibly taken at Lawrence Frederick’s home, Fourth Avenue, Manor Park, Essex

· Harriet Miles Durham’s great-niece’s comment: I'm sure I'm wrong about no. 13 possibly being Auntie Allie (Alice Louise Knott Paton, Lawrence Frederick’s cousin) - but the face looks familiar..... - Allie would have been 61, so probably not her as this woman looks younger than 61

D712

1950’s

D360

1950's?

EDGAR SYDNEY DURHAM, ADA FIELDS BLYTH DURHAM “Molly”, OLIVE (a friend of the latter from Cleethorpes), JEANETTE JOSEPHINE BOURDON DURHAM, LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM

► at Lawrence Frederick’s home, Little Saling, Essex

LAWRENCE FREDERICK DURHAM, JEANETTE JOSEPHINE BOURDON DURHAM

· if D712 was taken in the 1950’s, this could be taken in the 1960’s

D749

D724

1978

HENRIETTA GEORGINA DURHAM OTTER “Hetty”

HENRIETTA GEORGINA DURHAM OTTER “Hetty”, EDGAR SYDNEY DURHAM, LILIAN JANE DURHAM FOSTER BARCLAY “Lilly”

· 3 Durham siblings

D750

D751

about 1915?

D754

early 1930’s

D755

1951

WALTER HERBERT DURHAM II

WALTER HERBERT DURHAM II, GERTRUDE B. OSBORNE DURHAM “Bessie”, presumably their 1^st 2 children ROY WALTER DURHAM, VALENTINE CLAUDE DURHAM (born 1915)

JEANNE VERSCHOOREN DURHAM, DURHAM, her brother-in-law WALTER HERBERT DURHAM II, Jeanne’s 2 children

ADA FIELDS BLYTH DURHAM “Molly, her sister-in-law GERTRUDE B. OSBORNE DURHAM “Bessie”

► Paignton, Devon

D752

about 1914?, both at same time and place?

D753

D357

Q4 1914

HAROLD GEORGE DURHAM

· in D753 presumably left, with a friend

wedding of HAROLD GEORGE DURHAM and ELIZABETH ANN CHAPMAN DURHAM?

D358

1960’s?

D359

1980’s?

HAROLD GEORGE DURHAM, ELIZABETH ANN CHAPMAN DURHAM

ELIZABETH ANN CHAPMAN DURHAM in her 90's

► Barking, Essex

D725

taken 6 JAN 2000

Family grave of JEANNE VERSCHOOREN DURHAM, HARRIET MILES DURHAM, EDGAR SYDNEY DURHAM

► City of London Cemetery, Manor Park, Essex

· Harriet’s name (Harriet Georgina) and age (87) are incorrect - Edgar Sydney Durham’s son, who had the grave refurbished in 2000 says: “it was with recollections sent to me by my Aunt Lilly [Lilian Jane Durham Foster Barclay] - I would not have thought she would have got her Mother’s name wrong - and the age given on her Death Certificate that I got Monumental Masons to refurbish the grave in the year 2000, to include her name and to add that of my Father, Edgar. If you are able to read the inscription you will see that my Father is not buried there, he was in fact cremated and his ashes scattered in Surrey.

At the time of Harriet’s death in 1941 probably only five of her surviving children attended her funeral - money was short, and it was agreed among the [children] that she should be buried in my Mother’s grave, although in real life my Mother disliked her for some reason. Money was so short that not one of the five volunteered to add her name to the monument, and it was left to me to do so 59 years later! The grave will revert to City of London ownership in 2039 …”

· although Harriet’s Death Certificate only gives the name as simple “Harriet Durham”, the misunderstanding might have arisen because Lilian Jane was confusing her Mother’s name with that of her Sister, Henrietta Georgina - Lilian Jane reported the death, but she got her Mother’s age wrong, simply because she might not have known exactly how old her Mother was, as often happens in these cases

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