Percival Richard Salmon FRPS (1872 - abt. 1959)

Born 12 Mar 1872 in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Died about Jul 1959 at about age 87 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

Photographer, journalist and author.^[1]

• Birth: Percival Richard Salmon, reg. Jan-Feb-Mar 1872 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England^[2] (mother's maiden name: Salmon)^[3] - his parents were first cousins

• Marriage: Percival Richard Salmon & Eliza Dickerson, reg. Jul-Aug-Sep 1901 Linton, Cambridgeshire, England^[4]

• Census: 1911 Lewisham, Catford S E, London, England^[5]
  • Percival Richard Salmon, Head, 39, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (Journalist)
  • Eliza Salmon, Wife, 47, Abington, Cambridgeshire

• Death: Percival R Salmon, age 87, reg. Jul-Aug-Sep 1959 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom^[6]

Bibliography

• All about Photography, 1930 [1] [2]
• The Wonderland Of Egypt, c.1910-1915, The Religious Tract Society, London, and Frederick A. Stokes, New York [3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Percy R. Salmon (1872–1959)", Beach News No. 269 Spring 2022, Waterbeach Community Association
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHY-SR8 : 1 October 2014), Percival Richard Salmon, 1872; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ gro.gov.uk
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:263S-4W6 : 13 December 2014), Percival Richard Salmon, 1901; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1901, quarter 3, vol. 3B, p. 1143, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWRN-FR2 : 10 May 2019), Percival Richard Salmon, Catford, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC8-WM28 : 30 October 2021), Percival R Salmon, 1959.

• "Local legends: Life and career of Percy Salmon to be celebrated on 150th anniversary of his birth", Cambridgeshire Live
• "Percy Salmon FRPS (1872-1959): Photographer, photography journalist and writer", YouTube