Dear Scottish Family Heritage,
The David Whyte photograph came from my Mackinnon grandparents, and from
what I know of their families, it is almost certainly from the Mackinnon
side of the family. My great grandfather Godfrey B Mackinnon came to
Australia to join several of his brothers who were already here in the
mid 1850s. They all did very well financially, and all took trips back
to Scotland from time to time. There were seven brothers in their family
and I have photographs of four of them. This photograph could be one of
the other brothers - there is a vague family likeness to my eye. The
Highland photographic archive in Inverness holds the David Whyte studio
archives and negatives, and they kindly searched their records for me,
but did not find the negative in question. They did say that it was
taken in the earlier years of the studio's existence, going on the
printed logo and wording on the back. This would place it in the late
1880s or early 1890s. The wording "Mackinnon?" on the back was written
by my aunt.
The photograph of "Jessie's mother" belongs to a relative of mine, and
may possibly be connected to a family of M(a)cGruers. It is not known
who wrote "Jessie's mother" on the back.
Thank you again, and best wishes
Barbara
PS Jessie's Mother photograph - The
photographer is James Dewar 296 Shields Rd & 8 Mathieson Rd
Glasgow. I have been able to find out that this photographer
operated at these addresses between 1914 and 1923.
Thank you again for accommodating my photos.
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