Printed: 2021-10-21
Jouin, Jean Félix (Fils)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Grande Photographie Électrique
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Amsterdam [NL], 1852 - Seraing, 1924
Activity
1879 Ghent
° 4.1.1852; + 21.7.1924. Often "Join" in official documents. Fairground photographer, offering ferrotypes. Ink stamp, "Patent for invention / caricature a speciality". Arrived in Belgium in 1873. At his first wedding in Alost on 10.7.1879, recorded as a photographer aged 27 living in Ghent with his parents. His father, also Jean Félix (° Amsterdam [NL], 24.11.1825; + Antwerp, 5.6.1886), was likewise recorded as a photographer. CV of early 1880s with ink stamp "J.F. Jouin / Photographer" and no place name. At his second wedding in Ghent on 26.6.1888, his profession was again recorded as photographer.
1893 * Antwerp, Avenue du Sud, 8
Arrived at this address, "on the fairground", on 12.8.1893. Jouin was recorded as a photographer coming from Ghent, Rue de la Caserne, 165. At his daughter's wedding in Liège on 31.12.1904, he was recorded as a "forain" or fairground stallholder, domiciled in Ghent and currently residing in Liège. His son, also Jean Félix (° Antwerp, 16.5.1887), was recorded as a photographer domiciled in Ghent, Rue des Femmes, 104 at the occasion of his wedding in Liège on 14.12.1907. The father of the groom was recorded as a photographer domiciled in Ghent, but resident in Liège. "Photo Jouin" was still operating at fairgrounds in Belgium in 1932 (Grenz Echo, 18.6.1932).
° 4.1.1852; + 21.7.1924. Often "Join" in official documents. Fairground photographer, offering ferrotypes. Ink stamp, "Patent for invention / caricature a speciality". Arrived in Belgium in 1873. At his first wedding in Alost on 10.7.1879, recorded as a photographer aged 27 living in Ghent with his parents. His father, also Jean Félix (° Amsterdam [NL], 24.11.1825; + Antwerp, 5.6.1886), was likewise recorded as a photographer. CV of early 1880s with ink stamp "J.F. Jouin / Photographer" and no place name. At his second wedding in Ghent on 26.6.1888, his profession was again recorded as photographer.
1893 * Antwerp, Avenue du Sud, 8
Arrived at this address, "on the fairground", on 12.8.1893. Jouin was recorded as a photographer coming from Ghent, Rue de la Caserne, 165. At his daughter's wedding in Liège on 31.12.1904, he was recorded as a "forain" or fairground stallholder, domiciled in Ghent and currently residing in Liège. His son, also Jean Félix (° Antwerp, 16.5.1887), was recorded as a photographer domiciled in Ghent, Rue des Femmes, 104 at the occasion of his wedding in Liège on 14.12.1907. The father of the groom was recorded as a photographer domiciled in Ghent, but resident in Liège. "Photo Jouin" was still operating at fairgrounds in Belgium in 1932 (Grenz Echo, 18.6.1932).
Locations
1879 Ghent
1893 * Antwerp, Avenue du Sud, 8
1893 * Antwerp, Avenue du Sud, 8
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1450
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MD / SFJ new 17.11.2019; SFJ revised 21.11.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 26.10.2020 & 25.5.2021