Daams, Adèle

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Person (Female)

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Namur, 1847 - ?, 1923

Activity

1883 * - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Louvain, 75<83-90> then 71<95-14>
Successor: Dechambre E. (at no. 75) #
° 30.1.1847; + April 1923. Arrived at this address on 30.7.1883. Recorded as a photographer domiciled in Brussels - Saint-Josse at the occasion of her wedding to Emile Henri Julien Descamps (° Brussels - Saint-Josse, 16.12.1848) in Brussels - Saint-Josse on 22.6.1887. In 1887-1889, in the directory: "A. Descamps - Daams". Sometimes written Daems. "Studio specialising in copying old photographs" [Mertens, 1891]. Adèle Daams left for Rue de l'Etuve, 4 on 20.3.1905 but the studio continued to operate under her name. In 1910 she was registered as a pensioner. The studio was taken over by Georges Emile Degrom (° Bruges, 6.9.1869) who was recorded as a photographer domiciled in Brussels - Saint-Josse at his wedding to Adèle Daams' niece Albine Daams (° Bruges, 11.10.1869) in Brussels on 19.10.1892. He was trading as "Degrom - Daams" around 1915. The studio moved around 1950 and continued trading until 1994.

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1883 * - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Louvain, 75<83-90> then 71<95-14>

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DIRECTORY_1997#898

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SFJ revised 19.8.2017 & 17.11.2018; MD revised 27.5.2020; SFJ revised 31.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 3.7.2020 & 24.10.2020

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