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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand Joseph Noble Perks of Woodville & Swadlincote |
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| Joseph Perks operated studios in Woodville and Swadlincote from the late 1890s until at least 1926. | ||||
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| Joseph Noble
Perks
was the second son of a mechanical engineer John Perks (1846-1915) and
his wife Annie. He was born at Woodville, a small village on
the
Derbyshire-Leicestershire boundary in 1877, shortly after his parents
and
elder brother had moved there from Marsden in Yorkshire, to work in the
sanitary earthenware manufacturing works. By the age of 13 -
from
the April 1891 census - Joseph was working as an office clerk, possibly
at the pipe works. Ten years later in the 1901 census,
however,
he
was working as a photographer, and it was probably at around this time
that he opened his first studio on Swadlincote Road, Woodville. By 1912, J.N. Perks had moved his studio to Church Street, Swadlincote, and he moved again - to the High Street, Swadlincote - prior to the compilation of the 1926-1927 Midlands Counties Trades Directory. |
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Unidentified
elderly couple by J. Perks of Swadlincote Undated, but probably taken c. 1895-1900 Format: Cabinet card Image © & courtesy of Claire Casey Notes |
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Unidentified
young lady by J. Perks of Swadlincote Road, Woodville Undated, but probably taken c. 1900-1903 Format: Carte de visite Image © & courtesy of John Bradley Notes |
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Emily Stirland (b. c. 1879)
by J.N. Perks of Swadlincote Undated, but probably taken c. 1904 Format: Large mounted print Image © & courtesy of Ben Hodgkiss Notes by BP: Emily Stirland
was the daughter of Joseph Chambers Stirland (1846-1897) and Annie
Archer (1839-1910). She was born in Blackwell, Derbyshire in late
1878 or early 1879, and the family moved to the
Swadlincote/Church Gresley area shortly afterwards. She married
Joseph Evans in the Burton Registration District in 1915. (see also the
photo below, which shows the wedding party at the marriage of Emily's
sister Charlotte) |
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Wedding party of William
Hodgkiss & Charlotte Hannah Stirland (b. 1876) by J. Perks of Swadlincote Undated, but taken in 1904 Format: Large mounted print Image © & courtesy of Ben Hodgkiss Notes by BH: This is of my
grandfather William Hodgkiss' wedding to Charlotte Stirland in
1904. Emily Stirland (see photo above) also appears at
second from right in the bottom row. The vicar in the middle row
is Reverend Edward Maxlow, M.A., of Emmanuel Church, Swadlincote. |
| References
Images kindly provided by Ben Hodgkiss, Claire Casey & 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 (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. Anon (1927) Midland Counties of England Trades' Directory 1926-27, Trades' Directories, Limited, Edinburgh Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928 by Michael Spencer on John Palmer's Wirksworth web site |
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