Biography Frederick Christian Palmer

lord mayor of london s parade, herne bay 1910

he born @ 31 union street, east stonehouse, plymouth on 9 january 1866, son of royal navy bandsman william eastman palmer had become journeyman photographer. name christian came boy s grandmother christian branton eastman lewis, married grandfather henry palmer, shoemaker, in okehampton, devon in 1826. fred c s father w.e. palmer married maria louisa eales on 13 march 1860 , living in james street, stoke damerel, in 1861 , ten years later @ 13 frances street @ st andrew s in plymouth. photographic artist , mean tinted or drew on prints glass negatives or somehow enhanced daguerreotypes, , influence brought profession of photography family. w.e. palmer became photographer in mid-1860s, , had twelve children including 7 sons, @ least 5 of whom trained photographers. business named william eastman palmer & sons, , frederick christian third son. brothers trained photographers william george, john eastman, ernest charles , henry reginald. in 1881 in east barnet fred c. 15 years old , had started photographic apprenticeship. in 1891 when frederick christian 25 years old, still living @ home , family @ hopetown villa, leicester road, east barnet. @ time father william eastman palmer still described journeyman photographer.

adult life

church @ minster, thanet, 1903–1904

in 1894 frederick christian palmer married in parish of st george hanover square eleanor florence m. maltby, had been born in highbury in 1873. had 3 children: leslie reginald, born 1896; muriel audrey, born in 1902; , joyce selwyn, born in 1905. first 2 born in barnet, , third in herne bay. in 1901 frederick practising photographer , family living @ gresham cottage in plantagenet road in new barnet. in 1911 @ palmer s tower studio in herne bay; frederick again listed in census photographer , eleanor assisting in business. may possibly have been related fred t. palmer (fl.1890–1899), photographer of ramsgate , croydon.

palmer may have moved watford around 1936–1937 did not die there; daughter muriel audrey had married charles william raysbrook in 1925 in strood , had 3 children in watford. died on 14 march 1941, aged 75 years, of old age @ grey cottage, formerly prospect house, @ 1 prospect road, hungerford. death certificate gives occupation master photographer, retired. term, master, in context @ time implied had photographers working under him in studio, , did not refer specific qualification. son leslie reginald present @ death, not known whether grey cottage residence of either father or son.