De Porter, Guillaume

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Person (Male)

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  • Professional / Connected

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Life dates

Brussels - Saint-Josse, 1875 - Ault [Somme, F], 1917

Activity

1898 * - 1899 / Bruxelles, Rue Stévin, 9 or 79<98-99>
Guillaume Dominique Victor, ° 10.3.1875; + 14.5.1917. Sometimes transcribed "De Poorter" or "Deporter". Moved to this address (no. 79) on 22.1.1898. Left for Brussels - Schaerbeek in November 1899.
1899 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue Gray, 41
CV on which Rue Stevin is overstamped Rue Gray, 41.
1900 - 1903 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Cologne, 34<00> or 38<03>
Recorded as a photographer living at no. 38 at the occasion of his wedding to Jeanne Delphine Marckx (° Rumst, 5.4.1874; + Middelkerke, 3.3.1947) in Brussels - Schaerbeek on 16.12.1903. His wife was recorded as a retoucher-photographer herself. Subsequently recorded as a photographer domiciled in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue Impériale, 8 at the birth of a son in April 1905.
1906 - 1914 / Middelkerke, Digue de Mer, 41<07-12> then 61<13-14>
A picture postcard of Middelkerke with his credit is postmarked 18.7.1906 and some of his early CVs mention "Villa St-Pierre" as the studio's location. Kodak supplies in 1907. Photographer - publisher of picture postcards, notably a series on the "Hôpital Maritime Roger de Grimberghe", c. 1908. The spelling "de Poorter" was frequently used at this address. Fled to Nice [Alpes-Maritimes, F] in 1914. His widow was operating as a photographer at no. 63 of this street in the interwar years. Their son "Adolphe" Liévin Jean (° Brussels - Schaerbeek, 5.4.1905; + Gross-Rosen [PL], 1945) was also recorded as a photograper domiciled in Middelkerke at the occasion of his wedding there on 21.4.1931.

Locations

1898 * - 1899 / Bruxelles, Rue Stévin, 9 or 79<98-99>
1899 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue Gray, 41
1900 - 1903 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Cologne, 34<00> or 38<03>
1906 - 1914 / Middelkerke, Digue de Mer, 41<07-12> then 61<13-14>

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DIRECTORY_1997#1339

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Dates of creation/revision

MD revised 22.5.2023 and merged with entry 2017#1712 ("De Poorter, G.) partially based on information supplied Ronny Van Troostenberghe (Heemkring Graningate);MD revised 27.5.2020, 5.5.2023, 22.5.2023 & 25.7.2023; SFJ revised 7.11.2023

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