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[ cca 1903 Family Dransfield ] ::
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QUESTION : We have been very lucky
to receive a series of very interesting photographs from Florin
Cicos in Constanta by the Black Sea (in
Romania) who is interested in old cars of
Constanta and of Romania. Very recently he purchased in the 'flea
market' a page from a photo album on one side of which were various photos
and on the other side a programme of a musical evening interspersed with
stick-ons of names from the Dransfield Family. Florin has requested
identification of two of the cars, and any information on the Dransfield
Family.
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ANSWER
: The
photographs are very faint and required considerable photo-manipulation
to make them usable. The central large photo with the dogs
unfortunately does not show a numberplate but the repeat photos of the
Rear Entrance Tonneau show clearly IJ-5. IJ was a registration issued by
the County Council of Down in Northern Ireland. Their registrations
started in December 1903 and as many unregistered cars would have been
waiting registration, the digit 5 was probably issued in December.
The car below with IJ5 is
a cca 1903 Clement Rear Entrance Tonneau identified by our John
Warburton as a 14HP Four Cylinder.
The car below with the dogs is a cca 1903 Darracq Twin Cylinder, again
identified by John Warburton.
We have attempted some basic research on the Dransfield Family via the
Rootchat Forum whith which we are friendly and have received some very
positive and very interesting feedback on http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=527113.0
As we are into history of cars rather than
people, despite one of the cars on the front being registered in Co Down,
it does seem as if the album card could well originate from
Scotland rather than Northern Ireland. People seem mainly to be from the
north of England.
The mention of the Hydro
Hotel Peebles could well be significant. Could this be a meeting of the 'clan' or a commemoration of the
clan based on a musical evening in Scotland, perhaps based at the Hydro
Hotel Peebles. What is that photo in the right corner? Does the big 21
signify a 21st Birthday??
Can anybody provide us with a link to a ‘who is who’ type source
where we could get more general info on the Dransfield Family. It may be
interesting to trace any current members and pass on the info for their
records. We have not yet had any feedback from any Dransfilds so we are
no further forward, and have built this Page to take matters forward.
Why Northern Ireland registration, and quite how the album page got to Romania would also be interesting to find
out. Any help on how to proceed further would be much appreciated.
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