dillwynllewelyntherezamary18341926

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Hi, would this family be related to Llewellyn family who were coal merchants Ross-on-wye train station? Im researching family tree and I know only that we have links with Llewellyn's who were coal merchants at Ross and thats all.Im hopin to find a marriage between Llewwllyn's and the family name Flook or Nash. pls contact me Kitti Flook

Very great shoot

Mrs Emma Dillwyn Llewelyn, about 1845,
daguerreotype taken by her husband John Dillwyn Llewelyn:

More of a "bonfire day" than a "bonfire night". I hope they all stood further upwind or those heavy dresses and shawls would reek of smoke when they went back inside the house.

mmm, I love that smell. I miss it. I used to complain about it, until my mother said that smoke follows beauty :)

Hi, Thanks for your comments! I agree that it looks really strange that they stood so close to the fire in this image, especially as there were children and animals within reach of the smoke and flames as well! Health and safety was certainly not as much of a priority in 1853!!

Actually, I think this is likely boy, girl, boy. Side parts in the hair usually means that the child was male, a part in the middle a girl - this rule holds up fairly well for most nineteenth century photos of children you will see. Otherwise there was often surprisingly (to us) little difference in the hairstyles and clothing of young children, regardless of gender. If the title is original to the photo then this image would offer an interesting counterexample (they do exist!) to this general rule.

Hi LJMcK, Many thanks for your comment on the previous title ("Three girls, daughters of Mr & Mrs Charles Royd Smith"). As this title was supplied by a cataloguer, and not taken from the original photograph, it has now been changed to reflect the information that you have supplied regarding children's hair-parting during this period. Thank-you again for your valuable and interesting comment. We hope you enjoy looking through the rest of our collection on Flickr!