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| George Vaughan Sankey was born
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Church Gresley, Derbyshire in 1842, one of eleven children of a master
potter Matthew Sankey (c.1814-1866) and Esther Smith
(1817-1902). George initially followed his father and elder
brother into the pottery industry, and at the time of his marriage to
Lucy Hall (c.1848-1898) in 1880, he still described himself as a potter. However, by April the following year he was working as a bookseller and photographer - according to the census. Between then and 1888, he operated a studio from his home on Woodville Road, Swadlincote (or Swadlincote Road, Woodville depending on which source you believe), but by 1891 he had moved to new premises at 67 Market Street, Common Side, Church Gresley. He remained in business at this location until his death in 1912. His brother John Sankey appears to have taken over the bookseller/stationer's shop. |
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family, by G.V. Sankey of Swadlincote Road, Woodville, near Burton on
Trent Undated, but probably taken c. 1881-1883 Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 63 x 104 mm Photo 61 x 88 mm Image © & courtesy of Claire Casey |
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girl by G.V. Sankey of Gresley, Burton on Trent Undated, but probably taken c. 1891-1894 Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 63 x 104 mm Photo 61 x 88 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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young women by G.V. Sankey of Market Street, Church Gresley Undated, but probably taken in the mid- to late 1890s Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 64 x 104.5 mm Photo 61.5 x 88.5 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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boy in sailor by G.V. Sankey of Market St., Church Gresley Undated, but probably taken c. 1898-1905 Format: Cabinet card Size: Mount 107 x 167 mm Photo 101 x 145 mm Image ©
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girl by G.V. Sankey of Market St., Church Gresley Undated, but probably taken c. 1905-1910 Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 65 x 104.5 mm Photo 60 x 86.5 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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boy by G.V. Sankey of Market St., Church Gresley Undated, but probably taken c. 1905-1910 Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 65 x 105 mm Photo 59 x 86 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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| References
Images provided by Hilary Linnington, Claire Casey and Brett Payne 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church Church Gresley Parish Registers North East Midland Photographic Record - Picture the Past Bagshaw (1846) History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire. Collection of Brett Payne. Anon (1855) The Post Office Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories White, F. & Co. (1857) History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby. Transcribed by Neil Wilson. Harrison, Harrod & Co. (1860) Directory and Gazetteer of Derbyshire, London. Anon (1870) Harrod & Co.'s Postal & Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Staffordshire. - from University of Leicester - Digital Library of Historical Directories. Wright C.N. (1874) Directory of South Derbyshire, Third Edition, October 1874, Derby. 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. Anon (1895) History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, T. Bulmer & Co. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith 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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