9676419
- TitleHilda Souter family photographs
- Creator
- Call numberPXA 7724
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
approximately 1875-1901 - Type of material
- Reference code9676419
- Physical Description1 album (30 photographic prints) - 29 x 23 cm - cabinet card
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
John Souter was born on 5 August 1824 in Birmingham, England. On 15 April 1854, he married Lavinia Tucker in Ophir, New South Wales, and after her death in 1866, he married Susanna Weekley, in Stoney Creek, New South Wales on 8 July 1867. Their daughter, Hilda Gertrude May, was born in 1885 in or near Gulgong, New South Wales, where John was the practicing chemist. He established branches in the gold rush village of Home Rule, and later on Queen Street (renamed Mayne Street), Gulgong. He died on 15 December 1901 in Ashfield, Sydney. Hilda died on 2 September 1963.
Source:
Ryerson Index. "John Souter" and "Hilda Souter". Accessed 15 January 2024. https://ryersonindex.org/search.php - Scope and ContentAlbum inscribed on title page "Hilda Souter, Gulgong 16.9.'01" containing 30 photographic prints of members of the Souter family including Hilda, her parents John and Susannah (nee Weekley) and uncles William Weekley (1852-1921) and Edward Weekley (1861-1932).
PAGE 1
Susannah Souter (née Weekley) with accompanying newspaper clipping, photographed by Talma, 374 George Street, Sydney. 1 photograph.
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[Hilda Souter?]; unidentified girl. 2 photographs.
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Group of female students and male teacher outside St Luke’s Church, Gulgong, New South Wales. Hilda Souter has been identified seated front row, third from left. 1 photograph.
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Group of young girls dressed in white with floral hoops outside St Luke’s Church, Gulgong. Hilda has been identified in middle row, centre (third from left). 1 photograph.
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Hilda and unidentified girl, photographed by Vandyck, Sydney. 1 photograph.
PAGE 8
William Weekley [?] or Cornelius Weekley [?]. 7 photographs.
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William Weekley as a baby with accompanying newspaper clipping. 1 photograph.
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Edward Weekley [?], photographed by Chaffer & Rigney, Sydney. 1 photograph.
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William Patrick Weekley and accompanying newspaper clipping, photographed by Ideal Portrait Co. Sydney. 1 photograph.
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2 girls and 1 boy with a skipping rope, photographed by Lomer’s, Sydney. 1 photograph.
PAGE 14
Albert Edward Souter [?] with a cricket bat, photographed by John Souter. 1 photograph.
PAGE 15
Group of men drinking beer at a table. 1 photograph.
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Edward Weekley [?], photographed by Cameron (Maitland). 1 photograph.
PAGE 17
Woman and young girl, possibly mother and daughter, photographed by Fay’s Studio, Sydney. 1 photograph.
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John Souter outside his Gulgong Pharmacy. 1 photograph.
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Group of female students and male teacher outside St Luke’s Church, Gulgong. Hilda has been identified seated front row, second from right. 1 photograph.
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Two women and a young girl, possibly grandmother, mother and daughter. 1 photograph.
PAGE 22
Two women on horseback [Hilda and Susannah ?]. 1 photograph.
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Young woman [Hilda ?] in feathered hat. 1 photograph.
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Young man and young woman, photographed by Channon & Co. Sydney. 1 photograph.
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Young woman in white dress and hat, photographed by Parisian Electric Photo Co. 1 photograph.
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Young woman in elaborate hat and velvet jacket. 1 photograph.
PAGE 27
William Weekley [?] or Cornelius Weekley [?], annotated on verso “Rj & B/”. 1 photograph.
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Young boy in sailor suit wearing hat labelled ‘Rupert’. 1 photograph.
1 loose photographic print of a man and a young boy.
Ephemera including a bookmark advertising Bonnington’s Irish Moss medicine; a chromolithographed advertisement for Pear’s Soap with handwritten chemist’s formula on verso; a handwritten list of chemist’s formula with similar ingredients to the Pear’s Soap advertisement; a printed receipt for Mr Brown, P.O. from “John Souter, Chemist and Druggist” dated 3 November 1896; a newspaper cutting detailing the wedding of Sister Lilly Creek to Bro. Robert Weekley at Marrickville on 27 June (no year specified). - Language
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Description source
Contents list of photographs based on list created by vendor. - Date note
Date range based on fashion depicted in photographs and date of inscription on title page of 1901. - Creator/Author/Artist
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