Category Archives: Descendants and In-Laws

Samuel Clifford, Thomas Nevin and two cameras

DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS LTD HOBART BOOK FAIR was held on February 12 – 13, 2011 with three items on sale pertaining to Thomas J. Nevin’s commercial photography. STEREOGRAPH of CLIFFORD’S CAMERA The first was this stereograph attributed to Samuel … Continue reading

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First son and second child, Thomas ‘Sonny’ Nevin

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Thomas “Sonny” Nevin (1874-1948) married Gertrude Jane Tennyson Bates (1883-1958) at the Wesleyan Church, Hobart, on February 6th, 1907. Her father, Walter Tennyson Bates, had died in 1905. By July 1907, Gertrude’s mother, Elizabeth Jane Bates nee Jones, had left Hobart and arrived in Sydney with six of her seven children – Gertrude remaining in Hobart with husband Thomas “Sonny” Nevin. Her mother and siblings migrated first to Vancouver, and eventually to California in 1910. Continue reading

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Key dates in Thomas Nevin’s life

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KEY CHRONOLOGY 1842-1923 SUMMARY Thomas J. Nevin produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes-de-visite within his commercial practice, and prisoner ID photographs on government contract and in civil service. He was one of the first photographers to work with the … Continue reading

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Fourth son George Ernest Nevin

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George Ernest Nevin (1880-1957) was born at the Hobart Town Hall during his father Thomas Nevin’s occupancy as Office and Hall Keeper, and photographer with the Municipal Police Office. Thanks to George’s prescience in keeping photographs taken by his father … Continue reading

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Portraits of youngest son Albert with horse 1914-17

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Albert Edward Nevin (1888-1955) was the seventh child, fifth son and last born child to photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923) and his wife Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914). Youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin, Albert Nevin, 1914 From … Continue reading

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Third son William John Nevin (1878-1927)

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Third son William John Nevin was born 14th March 1878 at the Town Hall, Hobart, where his father Thomas Nevin was appointed Office and Hall keeper for the City Corporation and photographer for the Municipal Police Office, having leased his photographic studio in 1876, while maintaining a photographic practice and studio with younger brother Jack Nevin at New Town. This son was named after Thomas Nevin’s younger brother, William John Nevin (1852-1891), known as Constable John Nevin, and Jack to the family. Continue reading

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Sonny Nevin’s American journey with the Bates family

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Thomas, Gertrude and Athol Nevin travelled to and from California on board the steamers, S.S. Ventura and S.S. Sonoma, 1920-1922 to visit Getrude’s family, the Tennyson Bates. Source of steamer postcard images CardCow.com First born son of Thomas James and … Continue reading

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First-born child May Nevin and the China trade soapstone vase

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MAY Florence NEVIN (1872-1955) was the first child born to Elizabeth Rachel Day and Thomas James Nevin who married at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kangaroo Valley (Hobart) on July 12, 1871. May was born at Nevin’s studio, The City Photographic Establishment, … Continue reading

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Daughter-in-law Emily Maud Nevin nee Davis

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Emily Maud Davis (1891-1971) married Albert Edward Nevin (1888-1955), youngest son of photographer Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin nee Day, on the 5th March, 1917, at Launceston, Tasmania. Detail of Burrows photo below: Emily Maud Davis © The Nevin Family Collection … Continue reading

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Haulage at Newdegate St. North Hobart

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Third son William John Nevin was born 14th March 1878 at the Town Hall, Hobart, where his father Thomas Nevin was appointed Office and Hall keeper for the City Corporation and photographer for the Municipal Police Office, having leased his … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children

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lizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914) Above: Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day ca. 1900 Above and below: Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865, 1870 and 1878 Photos of Elizabeth Rachel Nevin by Thomas J. Nevin From © The Nevin Family Collections 2005-2010 … Continue reading

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Mary Sophia Day (m. Axup), sister-in-law

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The next generation … From left to right: Thomas & Elizabeth Nevin’s daughter Minnie (Mary) Nevin,Thomas Nevin’s sister-in-law Mary Axup nee Day,Mary Axup’s daughter Eva Baldwin nee Axup,and Thomas and Elizabeth’s Nevin’s daughter May Nevin.Taken ca. 1938. © The Eva … Continue reading

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Hector Axup, brother-in-law

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Hector C. Axup (1843-1927) married Mary Sophia Day (1852-1941), the younger sister of Thomas Nevin’s wife Elizabeth Rachel Day, on May 1st, 1878, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kangaroo Valley, Tasmania. It was his second marriage. Hector C. Axup ca. 1880s. … Continue reading

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G.T. Stilwell’s letter to Mrs Shelverton 1977

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Preparations began in early 1977 for the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition of Thomas J. Nevin’s convict photographs conventionally dated 1874 which were (re)discovered among the John Watt Beattie holdings acquired by the QVMAG shortly before Beattie’s death … Continue reading

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