tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post3085621291137664478..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: DE MAUS, David AlexanderEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-79159665706791005532015-09-02T00:29:45.586-07:002015-09-02T00:29:45.586-07:00Hello Mark, thank you for your comments about Davi...Hello Mark, thank you for your comments about David and James De Maus. The photos are of unknown people taken in De Maus' studio they are not on David himself. I have now re-arranged the page to avoid that confusion.<br /><br />I believe his wife Ann may have died in England, there is a death registered there in 1949 of "Ann C. De Maus" - (Deaths Mar [quarter] 1949, De Maus, Ann C. aged 92 [therefore born about 1857] at Newton Abbot, Devon vol. 7a page 684). Anyway it doesn't appear she died in New Zealand. I think one of her daughters lived in England. <br /><br />There are a couple of De Maus photographs for sale on TradeMe at the moment - www.trademe.co.nz<br /><br />best wishes<br />Tony<br /><br /><br />Early Canterbury Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-45385261275932268032015-09-01T16:56:27.834-07:002015-09-01T16:56:27.834-07:00I enjoyed reading your article on David De Maus an...I enjoyed reading your article on David De Maus and little on his brother, James. Are the photos depicted actual photos of David as a young man and then as a grown man or are they just unidentified photos taken by David De Maus?<br />I cannot find out what became of Annie De Maus ( nee Buchan).I wonder why she is not buried with David at Port Chalmers.<br />James De Maus was extremely unfortunate in that his Studio was totally destroyed in the Great Fire in Princes Street Dunedin in April 1867. He never financially recovered from that and facing Bankruptcy, went to Levuka, Fiji in late 1869. Dufty Brothers had the photographic market there and James De Maus instead became a Publican at the Commercial Hotel. He died in 1872 suddenly. Poison wad suspected and an autopsy was carried out with inconclusive results. A sad end to such a promising beginning. Regards,Mark Hamilton, Adelaide SAMark Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779925576325817383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-30916274947527608092009-05-03T02:05:00.000-07:002009-05-03T02:05:00.000-07:00Hi Tony, I was pleased to see this feature on De M...Hi Tony, I was pleased to see this feature on De Maus as a cdv by his brother James De Maus was one of the first NZ ones I purchased for my collection. I can add info for your biography and have a number of certificates which I will email to you. Keep up the good work. Cheers! Marcel Safier, Brisbane, Australia.brisphotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333058661398402640noreply@blogger.com