English and Continental Photographic Atelier

English and Continental Photographic Atelier
Trafalgar Street
Nelson

Theodor Thorlacius Bloch

born 30 January 1844, Lønborg Sg, Nørre Horne, Denmark
the son of Jørgen Victor Bloch and Agathe Theodorine Thorlacius [3]
died 3 June 1935, Korumburra, Victoria, Australia

and
William Brickell Gibbs

born 29 May 1844
baptised 13 March 1845,Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England
the son of Betsy (died 1898) and William Gibbs Esq. [5]

died 6 August 1898 at his residence, Waimea Road, Nelson aged 54 [5]
he married Gytha Christiane Gjertrud Cecilie Bloch the sister of Theodor Bloch

2 February 1875 Vig, Holbaek, Denmark [4].
his father William Gibbs (c.1819 - 7 November 1896) was a member of the Nelson Provincial Council and
Member for Collingwood in the House of Representatives (1874- 1882)

This studio open in Nelson next to the Masonic Hall on 1 February 1876. William Gibbs sold his interest in the studio to Theodor Bloch on 19 January 1878. [2]

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 22, 24 January 1876, Page 2

The English and Continental Photographic Atelier, next door to the Masonic Hall was opened on Tuesday last, and the proprietors are now prepared to take photographs of every description.
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 32, 3 February 1876, Page 2

We have been shown to-day at the Photographic Atelier in Trafalgar street an exceedingly well-executed collection of photographs of the members of the Southern Star Lodge of Freemasons in their full regalia. They are very tastefully grouped, and in the centre is a photograph of the Masonic Hall.
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 231, 27 October 1876, Page 2

At the English and Continental Photographic Atelier there is on view a large group of the members of the Harmonic Society. The individual photographs are excellent, and the group is well and artistically arranged. Smaller cards containing the photographs in miniature are obtainable.
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 25 January 1878, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 8, 9 January 1880, Page 3
(continued until at least 12 July 1880)

BIRTHS. Bloch.— On the 30th May, at her residence, the wife of Theodor Bloch, of a daughter.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 129, 31 May 1880, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 156, 2 July 1881, Page 3

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 163, 11 July 1881, Page 2

THEODOR BLOCH, leaving Nelson early next month, requests that all ACCOUNTS OWING to him be SETTLED.
IF you want to make sure at any time to be able to get COPIES of PICTURES taken by Theodor BLOCH. purchase the Original Plate for One Shilling, before he leaves Nelson, next month.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 208, 1 September 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 240, 8 October 1881, Page 3

BIRTHS. Bloch. — On the 7th March, at 11, Chapel street, Prahran, Melbourne, the wife of Theodor Bloch, of a daughter.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 77, 25 March 1882, Page 2

source
[1] The Argus (Melbourne) Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 1.
[2] Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 17, 19 January 1878, Page 2

[3] Ancestry.com
[4] Family Search, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sains
[5] Colonist, Volume XLI, Issue 9244, 8 August 1898, Page 2