![[A mother and her son Trevor, filling a bag with sand on a beach, Ireland]](/IIIF/000060000/000050294/vtls000050294_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[A mother and her son Trevor, filling a bag with sand on a beach, Ireland]
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| In collection: | Tempest Photographic Collection |
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| Format: | Photo |
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[between 1904-1910].
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph may be available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6246372680 Physical description: 1 photographic negative glass more |
A little unseasonal to be adding a beach scene in October, but this is a nice shot from our Tempest Collection (all photos taken around Co. Louth). Our metadata for this photo tells us that it is "A mother and her son Trevor, filling a bag with sand on a beach".
It's a shame that we don't have the mother's name, yet...
However, rafferr contributed the following really useful information: "This photograph is of the photographer's mother and brother. The boy is called Trevor Tempest and his father (William Tempest) was originally from Rostrevor in Co Down (probably called Trevor after Rostrevor) and relocated to Dundalk sometime in the late 1800's. The photographer is called Harry (Henry) Tempest (brother of Trevor) and the photograph was probably taken at Blackrock Co. Louth in the early 1900's or some time before. The Tempest family were a well known family in Dundalk."
Thanks to Jennigal923 for giving us more detail on this mother and son. They were Jane Emily Tempest, née Backhouse, aged about 46. The boy is Trevor Tempest, but he was christened William Caxton Tempest, and would have been aged about 5 in this photo. And Jennigal923 also unearthed great information on this little boy who grew up to swap his sailor suit for the uniform of a Lieutenant in WWI. By that time, William Tempest Senior was a J.P. or Justice of the Peace.
Also interesting that they'd be in a lot of trouble nowadays for taking sand from a beach! Wonder what they wanted it for?
Date: Circa 1904
NLI Ref.: TEM 43
Tags:
Boy, Mother, Sailor Suit, Hat, Beach, Strand, Sand, Shovel, Louth, Ireland, 1904, Harry Tempest, Tempest Collection, Trevor Tempest, Blackrock, Leinster, Henry Tempest, Jane Tempest, Jane Emily Tempest, Jane Backhouse, Jane Emily Backhouse, William Caxton Tempest, William Tempest, Douglas Place, Dundalk, 1900s, Women, National Library of Ireland
Comments
Fabietto76°OZ
Beautiful Capture!
Posted: 15.10.2011
>>>>>E & family/friends>>>>
How times change...Wow!
Posted: 15.10.2011
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@fabietto76 @saddleman I'd like to see what contraption they were going to use to get a heavy bag of sand home with them...
Posted: 15.10.2011
tammybeck
maybe a sandbox for the children? I doubt it.. but I would like to think that is what it was for. Would have been heavy for sure!
Posted: 15.10.2011
Addie-B
Love the sailor suit. It must've been a good thing to wear at the beach. I'm afraid I can't say the same about the mother's outfit, though.
Posted: 16.10.2011
Addie-B
She was probably about my height. I volunteered with third graders last year and they weren't all that much shorter than me.
Posted: 17.10.2011
rafferr
This photograph is of the photographer's mother and brother. The boy is called Trevor Tempest and his father (William Tempest) was originally from Rostrevor in Co Down (probably called Trevor after Rostrevor) and relocated to Dundalk sometime in the late 1800's. The photographer is called Harry (Henry) Tempest (brother of Trevor) and the photograph was probably taken at Blackrock Co. Louth in the early 1900's or some time before. The Tempest family were a well known family in Dunalk
Posted: 22.02.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@72034306@N04 Brilliant! Any idea of Mrs Tempest's first name? Plopped this one down on the map rather vaguely on the coast near Blackrock, but it's much better than before you commented, as we had no location at all...
Posted: 22.02.2012
Jennigal923
her name is Jane Emily Backhouse, born 1858 in Louth (possibly Dundalk).
Posted: 30.04.2012
Jennigal923
It also appears that Trevor may be a nickname for William Caxton Tempest, youngest son of William and Jane Tempest.
www.jbhall.freeservers.com/the_returned_army_page_d.htm
Posted: 30.04.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@77781944@N05 Thanks a million! So the mother would definitely be Jane Emily Tempest, née Backhouse, aged 43 in 1901 - so 46 in this photo. And presumably William Caxton aka Trevor, aged 2 in 1901, so around 5 in this photo, which looks about right. Sweet that Trevor's father Willam Tempest, who was a printer, gave him the middle name of Caxton. And the later military information you provide is brilliant. I was a bit nervous reading down through it, in case there was going to be bad news, but it looks as if everything was ok in the end...
Posted: 30.04.2012
Jennigal923
Hello .. me again. You also have a picture in your collection of Trevor at his grandparent's grave in Haynestown, titled "Trevor at Haynestown graveyard, Co. Louth, Ireland" . It appears that this picture was taken the same day as Sandbagged, based on how Trevor is dressed. If that is the case, then you can narrow down the location of the beach?
Posted: 07.05.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@77781944@N05 Hello you again! We do indeed have that photo. It's hard to see at that resolution, but I think the gravestone Trevor is standing so happily beside says Somebody Backhouse, which would make sense, wouldn't it? I'll check the higher resolution...
Posted: 08.05.2012
Jennigal923
Yes, it is the grave of Henry Backhouse, the grave inscription can be found here:
www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27729741?uid=2129&uid=...
Henry was also a merchant in Dundalk, and married to Mary Munford Davis, daughter of Anna and James Davis of Drogheda (Drapers on West Street).
Posted: 09.05.2012
picqero
Thanks for sharing your wonderful photo
for all to see.
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