Monday 13 December 2021

Photographs of the Scottish and Chilean families circa 1905

Two photographs of Chilean relatives were in the possession of Hugh's Scottish descendants.




The group photograph is Hugh's brother Guillermo (William) with his wife Zoila de la Rosa and his family taken after the death of his daughter Martha in 1903 aged 2 and therefore taken circa 1905. Seated : Juana Blackwood (b.1889) , Zoila de la Rosa (b. 1859), Tomas Blackwood (b.1898), Guillermo (William) Blackwood (b.1857), Elena Blackwood (b.1887). Standing : Manuel Blackwood (b.1883), Ruben Blackwood (b.1891), Guillermo Blackwood (b.1881), Luisa Blackwood (b.1880), Samuel Blackwood (b.1892)     

  

Wedding of Juana Blackwood de la Rosa and Inman Norman Thomas, 1910.
Sent by Guillermo in Chile to Hugh in Scotland in 1910.  






Birth certificate of Tomas Salvador Blackwood de la Rosa 1898 Father Guillermo Blackwood , Mother Zoila de la Rosa (Chileian archives from Family search.com)


By comparison below is the a photograph circa 1910 of Hugh Blackwood and his family in Cumnock.


From left to right Martha Renwick Blackwood nee Armstrong, James Blackwood, Elizabeth Crawford Blackwood (Mrs Watson), Hugh Blackwood, Sam, John, Mary Blackwood (Mrs Penrose).

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