Dear David, I so enjoyed looking at those old photos! Sorry there were no family resemblences. Thanks to both you and Steve for such enjoyment. Judy Barrie, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: <CDKnow@aol.com> To: <ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:16 PM Subject: [CUL-CAR] Old Photos > Hi, > > Steve Bulman has posted 7 of my old photos at his site - > http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/ - under frames / photographs / old > family photographers. > > All are definitely Cumberland - they are well documented by studio ; and NO > documentation for family names !!! ARRGH. > > There is one with a Carlisle stamp, one with a Cockermouth stamp and five at > 2 different Maryport studios. > > Most appear to be in the period 1870 - 1900, with one I believe to be c.1918. > The 1918 is in Carlisle and I believe the matriarch to be a Trimble . > Possible family names for the others would be Carl(e)ton, Irving, Birkett, > McQuoid (outside possibilities include Jameson, Collin, McLean, Watson, > Mossop, Stobbart or Wigham). > > There are a total of over 30 photos in this album with doubtful provenience ; > from Cumberland, Durham, 1 from New South Wales and numerous from Colorado. > The pivot point or central figure seems to be Sarah Isabella (Carlton) > [possibly Stobbart] Birkett ; born 25 March 1846 in Cumberland to Thomas & > Jane (McLean) Carlton and died 24 August 1913 in Colorado. In the 1881 census > she was living with husband Robert Birkett in Durham ; there were also 2 > Stobbart children (age 14 & 11) listed as "daughter-in-law" and "son-in-law". > Robert, Sarah, both Stobbart children and both Birkett children were all born > in Cumberland. > > I would be very grateful if all would take a look. > > Also I just noticed Steve has another site - The Churches of Britain and > Ireland - > http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/churches/index.html . It is an absolutely > great idea and I hope others get involved. I submitted an old photo I had of > a church / chapel that would be either Flint, Wales or Cumberland. > > Thanks to everyone and especially to Steve (all though an amateur I know how > photos can eat your site space), > David > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >