I Have an Old Photo of a Baby Girl Taken by Trilby J Bain Toowoomba the Writing on the Back is with Baby Eileen S Love to Auntie Fritz I Am Looking...

By skyoung November 4, 2016 1513 views 12 comments

The photo is in an old family album of Dorrington's and Brown's, Greymouth, New Zealand.

Related Surnames:
BROWN

Comments (12)

ngairedith

hi skyoung,
why don't you attach the photo to the above so we can see it, Someone may recognise it.
To do this, open your posting by clicking on "Owner Edit" then scroll down to end of page where it says: Attach an image (optional) - Choose File. When you click on choose file it takes you to your computer where your photo should be stored. When finished click on "Click to Submit" at the bottom of the page

janilye

James Bain was born in Paisley Scotland, came to Brisbane, Australia in 1865. He opened his studio in Toowoomba in 1901, in a partnership with a William Beit. He sold out his share after a few years and went to Sydney to work for the Sydney Morning Herald. That might have been around 1910. So the child was photographed by J.Bain some time between 1901 and 1910
Looking through these notices below, I see the Bain Studio operated in Toowoomba till 1919. Perhaps you might find a few more clues to Eileen.
Bain Studio

Queensland BD&M

janilye

This looks promising
Queensland Births
DATE: 1899
REG# C8992
NAME: Eileen Agnes Brown
FATHER: Maurice BROWN
MOTHER: Wilhelmina Fritsch

skyoung

Hi janilye, It does look promising, though I haven't found a relationship between Maurice Brown and my great grandfather Thomas Brown yet. I have uploaded Eileen's photo as suggested by ngairedith. Thanks

ngairedith

well, skyoung as you can see, it hasn't attached :(

ngairedith

by the way, who were the Dorrington's and Brown's of Greymouth?

skyoung

I tried attsaching the photo to my post but it wouldn't work. Just got a blank web page after clicking on Submit. Any ideas?

ngairedith

the photo you tried to upload is probably too large
however, you shouldn't have seen a blank page but one that said it's unavailable at this time or similar wording OR the least you would have seen is the wording already in you post as per above
Try a smaller photo to see if that is the problem

skyoung

I have reduced the photo by 50% and still will not upload, still get a completely blank page, no wording, no scroll bars, nothing. Thanks for your help anyway.

ngairedith

have sent you a private message

skyoung

Testing

skyoung

I think I have figured out that baby Eileen is Eileen Alice Bennett (b. 30 Oct 1895, Queensland), father James Frederic Bennett, mother Alice Ellen Bennett (nee Brown).