James Frederick Long
James Frederick Long (1819-1903)
1819 Born in Clerkenwell the son of William Long.
Clerkenwell born photographer and freemason James Long came to Exeter in about 1860 and moved into 4 Sivell Square with his wife Mary Ann Wankling, who he had married at Shoreditch in 1838, and their five daughters and one son - Charles Long (born c1852), Photographer.
1861 Petition for release from bankruptcy. '... Petition of James Frederick Long the elder, of No. 34, Holloway-street, Exeter, previously of No. 4, Swell-place, Heavitree, Devon, and formerly of No. 23, Northernhay-street, Exeter, Journeyman Photographic Artist, before then of No. 112, City-road, Middlesex, Photographic Artist, carrying on business there with William Barclay, under the style or firm, of Long and Co., before then of No. 3, James-place, St. John-road, Hoxton, Middlesex, Photographic Artist, carrying on business there, and at No. 15, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, Middlesex, under the style or firm of Long and Son, and before then of No.9, Macclesfield-street North, City-road, Middlesex, File Cutter and Photographic Artist, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Devonshire, at the Castle of Exeter, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said James Frederick Long...'[1]
1861-1897 Had a photography studio at 45 High Street, Exeter. This was the narrowest building in the High Street having been built over the entrance to Lamb Alley in the 16th century.
1891 Living at 8 Lower Summerlands, Exeter: James F. Long (age 72 born London), Photographer (Employer) and Widower. With his three daughters.[2]
Mary Ann died in 1877 and James moved to 8 Lower Summerlands where he stayed until his death on 7th October 1903.