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Cantillon, Charles
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie universelle (at Boulevard Central in Charleroi)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Brussels - Ixelles, 1839 - Gosselies, 1894
Activity
1878 - 1881 Charleroi, Rue de Marcinelle (Prolongée), 53
Charles Henri, ° 22.6.1839; + 14.10.1894. Arrived from Brussels - Saint-Josse at Rue des Chaudronniers, 14 on 7.5.1863; he was already a journeyman photographer at this date. Recorded as a photographer domiciled in Charleroi when he divorced his first wife on 21.11.1883. "He was a highly skilled operator, initiated into his art in the school of Monsieur [Prosper] Bevierre. Charles Cantillon did excellent business for several years, but then a reversal of fortune forced him to leave rue de Marcinelle; he then set up on Boulevard Audent [= Boulevard Central before being renamed in 1889]" (Gazette de Charleroi, 16.1.1899).
1884 - 1885 Charleroi, Boulevard Central, 59<85>
Already reported as a photographer on this street in December 1884 (Gazette de Charleroi, 2.12.1884).
1885 Gosselies, Place de la Station
1890 ca Chimay, Place du Faubourg
Recorded as a photographer living in Gosselies on his death certificate. Cantillon's widow Marie 'Clémentine' Van Mello (° Biévène (Brabant), 25.4.1864; + Brussels - Cureghem, 13/14.1.1899) was reported to have tried unsuccessfully to make a living from photography in Marcinelle. She met her end at the hands of a jealous lover who then blew his brains out.
Charles Henri, ° 22.6.1839; + 14.10.1894. Arrived from Brussels - Saint-Josse at Rue des Chaudronniers, 14 on 7.5.1863; he was already a journeyman photographer at this date. Recorded as a photographer domiciled in Charleroi when he divorced his first wife on 21.11.1883. "He was a highly skilled operator, initiated into his art in the school of Monsieur [Prosper] Bevierre. Charles Cantillon did excellent business for several years, but then a reversal of fortune forced him to leave rue de Marcinelle; he then set up on Boulevard Audent [= Boulevard Central before being renamed in 1889]" (Gazette de Charleroi, 16.1.1899).
1884 - 1885 Charleroi, Boulevard Central, 59<85>
Already reported as a photographer on this street in December 1884 (Gazette de Charleroi, 2.12.1884).
1885 Gosselies, Place de la Station
1890 ca Chimay, Place du Faubourg
Recorded as a photographer living in Gosselies on his death certificate. Cantillon's widow Marie 'Clémentine' Van Mello (° Biévène (Brabant), 25.4.1864; + Brussels - Cureghem, 13/14.1.1899) was reported to have tried unsuccessfully to make a living from photography in Marcinelle. She met her end at the hands of a jealous lover who then blew his brains out.
Locations
1878 - 1881 Charleroi, Rue de Marcinelle (Prolongée), 53
1884 - 1885 Charleroi, Boulevard Central, 59<85>
1885 Gosselies, Place de la Station
1890 ca Chimay, Place du Faubourg
1884 - 1885 Charleroi, Boulevard Central, 59<85>
1885 Gosselies, Place de la Station
1890 ca Chimay, Place du Faubourg
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#579
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 16.11.2018; SFJ revised 7.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 3.5.2021