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Carte de
visite by the Edinburgh Photographer, John Horsburgh,
of the Edinburgh and Hawick photographer
George Oman
1834 -1894
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George Oman
© The carte de visite above is
reproduced with acknowledgement to Russell Young
great-grandson of George Oman
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George Oman |
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Carte de Visite
Portrait
of George Oman
Here is a carte-de-visite
photograph of the Edinburgh and Hawick photographer,
George Oman.
George Oman was born on 13 September
1834.
He lived in Edinburgh, then Hawick in the Scottish Borders
before returning to Edinburgh where he died at 3 Market Street in
November 1894.
Russell Young, who is a great grandson of George
Oman wrote:
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Carte-de-Visite
"I
can vouch for the authenticity of the Carte-de-visite of George Oman,
having been shown it by my own grandmother as a photo of her father,
while she looked for the family likeness against an oil painting of her
own grandfather (my g-g-grandfather) Nathaniel Oman."
Russell Young 12 January 2005
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Reply
1.
Ann van der Sluis (nee
Sutherland)
North Shore City,
Auckland, New Zealand |
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George Oman and Descendants
Ann van der Sluis tells me that, like
Russell Young, she has George and Mary Ann Oman as great-grand-parents.
Ann's grandparents, Georgina and Thomas
Sutherland emigrated to New Zealand with Ann's father and his sister
around 1927.
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Ann wrote:
"I'd love to find out
more about my family."
Ann van der Sluis, North Shore City, Auckland, New
Zealand: December 13, 2010
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George Oman and Descendants
If you'd like to contact Ann,
please email me, then I'll pass on your message to her.
Thank you.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: December 18, 2010 |
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Horsburgh Studios
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Studio
The carte-de-visite of George Oman,
above, comes from the studio of
John Horsburgh.
The trade directories list the following
businesses at 131 Princes Street, Edinburgh:
- 1868-88: John Horsburgh
- 1888-98: John Horsburgh & Son.
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Cartes de Visite
I have several many other
cartes-de-visite by John
Horsburgh, all still to be added to this web site.
All the Horsburgh cartes-de-visite that I
have seen are in the name of J Horsburgh.
(They make no mention of '& Son'). I have
eight different styles of back, excluding colour variations.
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