Reference
CRT130BIG/76
Title
Article 'The photographic saga of the Micklethwaite family' by Guy Tessier, National Photography Collection, Canada, concerning the business of William Barton Micklethwaite and descendants. The business being carried on in Canada from the 1870s until John's death in 1983. With covering leter from Leslie Mobbs of the National Archives of Canada to Ms Audrey Linkman of Manchester, England.
Date free text
1851-1988
Production date
From: 1851 To: 1988
Creator
old accession number 10781
Scope and Content
The article outlines four generations of Micklethwaite photographers starting in Newry, Ireland with William Barton Micklethwaite emigrating to Canada in the early 1870s, followed by his son Frank in 1875. Frank died in 1925 and the business passed to his son Fred, who died 1941 and the Frank's grandson, John
Research in 2022 on Ancestry UK:
1851 census: William Barton Micklethwaite aged 34, married to Mary, 37, in Ashton under Lyne as a lithopress printer
1861 cenusus: still in Ashton as a printer, stationer & commissioning agent
1871 census: in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire as a photographer with son, Frank as assistant.
Newspaper advertising in 1872 shows Willliam Barton Micklethwaite 'of Heckmondwike and Biggleswade' taking over the photographic business of D. Welch in Newry.
The reverse of a photograph taken by W. B. Micklethwaite (slide number 2013/2014) has an imprint featuring addresses in Heckmondwike and Biggleswade.
Photocopy of a photograph of Frank Micklethwaite's portable studio on wheels, Ireland, c. 1870.
Language
English
Reference
Level of description
item