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MAYNARD, Cottered, 19th century |
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An interesting series of Carte de Visite January, 2013 |
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à Maria Maynard photograph by George Avery of Hitchin No 4074
ß John Maynard Photograph by Thomas B Latchmore, of Hitchin No 12387 |
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These five carte de visite portraits came in a single lot, and all are named as members of the Maynard family. The backs show they were taken by three different photographers, two from Hitchin and one from Hertford. A search shows the following family living at Cottered in 1851 which fits the pictures:
John Maynard was baptised at Cottered on 11 April, 1799, the son of William and Margaret Maynard. He married Mary Ann Woollatt at Cottered in 1829 but she died in 1839, aged 31, and he married Maria Brown in 1840. He died at Cottered on 4th June, 1876. He is recorded as a farmer in Cottered in the 1841-1871 censuses, being a widower in 1871. Maria Maynard (nee Brown), born at Hitchin c 1810, married John Maynard in 1840 and died in 1865. James Maynard was baptised at Cottered on 6th March 1841, the son of John and Maria Maynard. He married Emily Beamiss in 1878.and died at Cottered on 11th January 1895. He and Emily had a large family as shown in the 1891 census
John and his son appear to have farmed the Lordship Farm, Cottered, continuously from the 1841 census to James' death in 1895. William Walter Maynard was baptised at Cottered on 10th March 1850, the son of John and Maria Maynard. In 1861 he was at a boarding school run by Peter Ashton in Melbourn Street, Royston. In 1871 he was back at the Lordship farm with the family, while by 1881 he was was married at Grange Farm, Elmdon, Essex. Dating the Photographs T. B, Latchmore took over George Avery's business at Hitchin and appears to have continued the number series. The picture of Maria (Number 4074) can be no later than 1865 and that of John Maynard (12387) can be no later that 1876. As the one of John (2090) has the lowest this would be the earliest. If one assumes a rate of 1000 plates a year this would suggest James's photograph might have been taken when he came of age in 1862. |
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James Maynard of Cottered Photographed by George Avery - No 2090 |
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William Walter Maynard No photographer information |
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| The back of the William Walter Maynard CDV is identical to one showing a lady in a crinoline - and almost certainly was taken not later than 1870 - but William's age suggests it was after c1866. |
William Walter Maynard Photographed by Elsden of Hertford |
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