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William George James Tutt (243)
1873 –15/10/1933
William George James Tutt (243)
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WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES TUTT 1872- 1933
William was the first of two children born to William James and Maria Tutt. His parents had married in 1871 and William was born in the 3rd quarter of 1873. His birth was registered in Woburn, Bedfordshire, where his father’s family was from, his mother having been born in Luton. William senior was a plasterer. A daughter, Maud Grace, was born in 1875.
In 1881 the family was living in South Street, Leighton Buzzard. William was then 8 years old and attending school. The family moved from Leighton Buzzard to Berkhamsted about 1885, William senior setting up in business as a builder.
We learn from the 1891 census that at that date 18 year old William had moved to Luton and was living in the home of Frederick and Elizabeth Thurston where he was apprenticed to Frederick Thurston. Frederick Thurston’s wife, Elizabeth was a sister of Maria Tutt and William’s aunt. .
Frederick was the foremost of Luton’s five professional photographers and, as such, was commissioned by the lady of the manor of Luton, Madame de Falbe, to take interiors of the mansion and informal groups of guests at Luton Hoo. In December 1891 he took the engagement picture of Princess Mary of Teck (later consort of George V) and the Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria’s eldest grandson, seated in the Hoo conservatory. Among eminent other patrons were the Earl and Countess of Strathmore at St Paul’s Walden Bury, where Frederick photographed the large family in 1905 including five-years-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later the Queen Mother. Years later he photographed their grandchildren, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, several times. He won a number of awards at international photographic exhibitions and 1895 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1895.
After William completed his apprenticeship with Frederick he moved to Tottenham where he set up his own business as a photographer. His address in the 1901 census was 234 High Street Tottenham. He is noted as being a photographer working on his own account. An advertisement placed in the Tottenham and Edmonton Herald in 1907 headed “Art Photography!” offers cabinets 7/6 per dozen, carte de visites 3/6 per dozen and postcards 3/6 per dozen and we have an example of William’s work, a carte de visite of an unidentified male.
William married on 26th October 1899 at the Parish Church in Tottenham. His bride was Mary Ann Ovens and the 1901 census also tells us that Mary had given birth to a daughter, Eva Maude Tutt, earlier in 1901.
William, however, did not remain in Tottenham. He and his family emigrated to Australia. It appears that they left in about 1908; we know from the advertisement referred to above that he was in Tottenham in 1907. Mary gave birth to her second child, Raymond George Tutt in 1909 and Raymond’s birth was registered in Australia.
The Australian electoral roll for 1913 informs us that William and Mary were then living in Kent Street, Maryborough, Queensland. William’s occupation is “cinematograph operator” but by 1925 he and the family had moved to Boonah, Queensland and William was again in business as a photographer. William was to remain in Boonah until his death on 15th October 1933. Although he was buried in Queensland, he is also memorialised on the grave in Rectory Lane Cemetery in which his parents were both buried.
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WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES TUTT 1872- 1933
William was the first of two children born to William James and Maria Tutt. His parents had married in 1871 and William was born in the 3rd quarter of 1873. His birth was registered in Woburn, Bedfordshire, where his father’s family was from, his mother having been born in Luton. William senior was a plasterer. A daughter, Maud Grace, was born in 1875.
In 1881 the family was living in South Street, Leighton Buzzard. William was then 8 years old and attending school. The family moved from Leighton Buzzard to Berkhamsted about 1885, William senior setting up in business as a builder.
We learn from the 1891 census that at that date 18 year old William had moved to Luton and was living in the home of Frederick and Elizabeth Thurston where he was apprenticed to Frederick Thurston. Frederick Thurston’s wife, Elizabeth was a sister of Maria Tutt and William’s aunt. .
Frederick was the foremost of Luton’s five professional photographers and, as such, was commissioned by the lady of the manor of Luton, Madame de Falbe, to take interiors of the mansion and informal groups of guests at Luton Hoo. In December 1891 he took the engagement picture of Princess Mary of Teck (later consort of George V) and the Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria’s eldest grandson, seated in the Hoo conservatory. Among eminent other patrons were the Earl and Countess of Strathmore at St Paul’s Walden Bury, where Frederick photographed the large family in 1905 including five-years-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later the Queen Mother. Years later he photographed their grandchildren, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, several times. He won a number of awards at international photographic exhibitions and 1895 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1895.
After William completed his apprenticeship with Frederick he moved to Tottenham where he set up his own business as a photographer. His address in the 1901 census was 234 High Street Tottenham. He is noted as being a photographer working on his own account. An advertisement placed in the Tottenham and Edmonton Herald in 1907 headed “Art Photography!” offers cabinets 7/6 per dozen, carte de visites 3/6 per dozen and postcards 3/6 per dozen and we have an example of William’s work, a carte de visite of an unidentified male.
William married on 26th October 1899 at the Parish Church in Tottenham. His bride was Mary Ann Ovens and the 1901 census also tells us that Mary had given birth to a daughter, Eva Maude Tutt, earlier in 1901.
William, however, did not remain in Tottenham. He and his family emigrated to Australia. It appears that they left in about 1908; we know from the advertisement referred to above that he was in Tottenham in 1907. Mary gave birth to her second child, Raymond George Tutt in 1909 and Raymond’s birth was registered in Australia.
The Australian electoral roll for 1913 informs us that William and Mary were then living in Kent Street, Maryborough, Queensland. William’s occupation is “cinematograph operator” but by 1925 he and the family had moved to Boonah, Queensland and William was again in business as a photographer. William was to remain in Boonah until his death on 15th October 1933. Although he was buried in Queensland, he is also memorialised on the grave in Rectory Lane Cemetery in which his parents were both buried.
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