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Engels, Bénoni
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Lokeren, 1820 - Gouy-sous-Bellonne [Pas-de-Calais, F], 1893
Activity
1865 Liège
° 20.6.1820; + 3.7.1893. Declared as a photographer living in Liège at the birth of a daughter in Bruges in May 1865. Previously recorded as a hawker living in Liège on various occasions from November 1855 to June 1868 and in Malines in May 1862. This is the typical career path of an itinerant or fairground photographer, either as main or secondary profession. In 1880, Engels was registered as a studio photographer in Bapaume [Pas-de-Calais, F] in collaboration with his children; subsequently on CVs, "Engels frères & soeurs". When the family moved to Gouy-sous-Bellonne [Pas-de-Calais, F] in 1887, Engels' children continued working as itinerant or fairground photographers while he seems to have retired.
° 20.6.1820; + 3.7.1893. Declared as a photographer living in Liège at the birth of a daughter in Bruges in May 1865. Previously recorded as a hawker living in Liège on various occasions from November 1855 to June 1868 and in Malines in May 1862. This is the typical career path of an itinerant or fairground photographer, either as main or secondary profession. In 1880, Engels was registered as a studio photographer in Bapaume [Pas-de-Calais, F] in collaboration with his children; subsequently on CVs, "Engels frères & soeurs". When the family moved to Gouy-sous-Bellonne [Pas-de-Calais, F] in 1887, Engels' children continued working as itinerant or fairground photographers while he seems to have retired.
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1865 Liège
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1627
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Dates of creation/revision
MD / SFJ new 22.6.2020