Eyen, Florent

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

Alternative name or descriptor

  • Photographie Moderne (in Liège - Bressoux); Photographie de l'innovation artistique et industrielle (in Rue de Hesbaye)

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Hody (Liège), 1847 - Liège, 1925

Activity

1894 - 1895 Liège, Rue Grétry, 221
Florent Toussaint, ° 1.11.1847; + 6.3.1925. Recorded as a stone cutter domiciled in Liège in November 1888 (La Meuse, 28.11.1888).
1895 ca Liège - Bressoux, Rue de Jupille, 16
1897 ca Liège, Rue de Hesbaye, 46
Recorded as a photographer aged 53 domiciled in Liège on 20.6.1901 when acting as a witness on the birth certificate of a daughter to fellow photographer Léon Gillard (see that name).
1903 - 1906 Liège, Rue du Haut-Pré, 51
"Eyen, L." in the directories. "Florent Eyen father and son" made a joint submission and were awarded a prize in a photography competition held at the Liège International Exhibition in 1905.
1906 ca - 1911 Liège - Tilleur, Rue de Horloz, 16
1907 - 1914 Liège, Rue Sainte-Marguerite, 192<07> then 186<11-14>
On the occasion of the wedding in Liège on 16.7.1907 of his son Gérard Florent Marius Jean Joseph (° Liège, 1.3.1886), described as a journeyman photographer, both Florent and his son were recorded as domiciled at no. 192. "Eyen Père & Fils" listed here in the 1914 Mertens & Rozez directory. Florent Eyen was still living at no. 186 when he died.

Locations

1894 - 1895 Liège, Rue Grétry, 221
1895 ca Liège - Bressoux, Rue de Jupille, 16
1897 ca Liège, Rue de Hesbaye, 46
1903 - 1906 Liège, Rue du Haut-Pré, 51
1906 ca - 1911 Liège - Tilleur, Rue de Horloz, 16
1907 - 1914 Liège, Rue Sainte-Marguerite, 192<07> then 186<11-14>

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#1615

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 20.9.2017; SFJ revised 30.10.2019, 11.11.2019, 19.1.2021 & 10.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 4.12.2020 & 18.5.2021; SFJ revised 29.7.2023, 5.8.2023 & 19.8.2023

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