victoriana? edwardiana? how to date, this is the question

[llywela]

Sorry for so many ancient photos lately, but does anyone out there know anything about the history of clothes? I'm trying to figure out exactly who these two are:

But the identification is woolly (my aunt thinks she remembers who her mum told her they were, 40 years ago, but we aren't sure if their clothes are right for their dates) and it would help if we could identify an approximate date based on their clothes. Any ideas?

There are a couple more pictures that might possibly be him, that aren't much help.


And I'm not sure if this is her again or not


I don't think many of my f-list are terribly active on LJ any more, but if anyone does happen to have any ideas about when these pictures might have been taken, based on the clothes, please do speak up!

Comments

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Hi Janet! Wow, you've done so much research on my behalf while I was off on my holidays all week - thank you :)

Joseph and Penelope were definitely both English, as your digging has told you, so if this is them, it definitely isn't a Canadian uniform. Their oldest son (born 1888) moved to Canada sometime in the 1910s/20s, though -we've had contact with his family through ancestry.co.uk. So could they be photos sent home by Henry after his emigration? But would he have joined the Canadian army so soon after emigrating? So many questions thrown up by the discovery of old photos, eh! You're right, it really is addictive!

The plot thickens...

Weird to think that Joseph and Penelope had a servant - their youngest child was my great-grandmother, who was about as far away from being able to keep servants as could be! She definitely married down!

[bagpuss1966.livejournal.com]

No worries. I love genealogy and as you know yourself, its rather addictive!

It's really odd that two people from two separate forums have identified the uniform as Canadian?!