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It seems that the West Family in Gosport
were all heavily involved the photographic business. There were 9 children
of George and Mary West. The 1881 census return
shows:
97 High Street (Gosport)
- George Edmund James West Head
occupation photographer
aged 65
birthplace Portsea Hampshire England.
- George West Son
age 40 birthplace
London Mary Le bone
occupation photographer
- Mary Ann West dau. 38
birthplace London Mary Le bone
occupation photographer
- William James West son 32
birthplace Gosport
occupation photographer
- Maria Lousia West dau 24
birthplace Gosport
occupation photographer
(See also:
Dawson Family Website)
- Alfred John West son 22
birthplace Gosport
occupation photographer
(NB Alfred West was born in 1857
so by 1881 he would have been 24 - the census return appears to be
wrong)
- Mary West grand dau. (Parents
George West and Sarah Sargent) 13
birthplace Gosport.
scholar.
- Elizabeth Slater 22
birthplace Warborough Oxford
general servant
Alfred West was one of 9 children of
George Edmund James West ( b. 1815) and Mary Ann West
(née Johnson).
Missing from the 1881 Gosport Census return
as they lived elsewhere were Alfred West's other 4 siblings Jane Matilda
(Jennie) b, 1839, Charlotte Ann b. 1845, Henry Edward
b. 1847, Emma Susan b. 1851
Here is the history as far as we know it of
the Gosport premises and of George West, the Head of the Family from 1855 to
1915:
| 1855 |
George West is a
Joiner in 55 High Street |
| 1859 |
George Edmund James West
Joiner 113 High Street |
| 1867 |
George Edmund James West
Photographic Artist 60 High Street Gosport |
| 1878 |
George Edmund James & Son
Photographer & Fancy Stationers and Depot of Christian Knowledge Society
97 High Street. Miss Mary West Manager |
| 1891 |
Census for for 97 High
Street shows Lesley West and Edward Dawson Photographers
and George Collard trainee photographer |
| 1903 |
West & Dawson
Photographers 97 High Street. (Maria Lousia West married Edward
Dawson in 1886 and they eventually emigrated to Australia) |
| 1915 |
Sweet & Jennings
Photographers 97 High Street |
Webmaster: David
Clover
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 Above: Alfred West - Photo - Pioneers of the British
Film, John Barnes, Bishopsgate Press, 1983, ISBN 1-85219-012-4
Above:
The West Brothers (Photograph courtesy of
Eric West, Delta, British Columbia)
George (28/2/1841), Alfred (1/8/1857), William James (1849) and Henry Edward
(Ted - 4/2/1847 who worked in Australia as an Opal miner)
Below:
The same group but wearing hats
(Courtesy of Eric West as above)
97 High Street Gosport
Hants - picture taken in Summer 2004
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