Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley

 

 

Joseph Tuffley Cowdell

Joseph Tuffley Cowdell born circa 1862, Seaton, Rutland, England, died 30 July 1907 Whangarei, aged 45 years, reg. 1907/9837. Brother of the photographer Thomas Melling Cowdell

 

Private advice received from Whangarei reports the death there this morning of Mr. Joseph Tufley Cowdell, a Past Master and secretary of the Masonic Lodge Star of the North, N.Z.C., at the age of forty-five. He leaves a wife and five children.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1907, Page 5

 

 

Cowdell, Joseph T.. Art Photographer, Stationer, and Fancy Goods Repository, Cameron Street, Whangarei. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Private address, Dent Street

 

Mr. Cowdell established his business in 1893, and conducts it in premises which are suitably fitted up and well stocked with stationery, all kinds of books, fancy goods, etc., sufficient to thoroughly satisfy the demands of his numerous customers. The studio adjoining the shop is very well lighted and is furnished with all the necessary requisites; it is one of the best north of Auckland and is recognised by all who have seen it to be equal to any country studio in the Colony. Mr. Cowdell has in the space of a few years made remarkable strides in his business, having formed a wide connection. 

 

He was born in Rutlandshire in 1862, and after a few years of clerical life came to Australia where he spent three years as a travelling photographer, finally establishing himself at Broken Hill very successfully for seven years. His health failing, he was obliged to seek a more equable climate, and coming to New Zealand, travelled through the greater part of this Colony, and eventually settled at Whangarei. His work is decidedly creditable and the views of Whangarei, which these pages contain, are specimens of his skill as a photographer.
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]. 1902

 

 

Owing to ill-health, Miss Hanson, of Mr Cowdell's photographic studio, has gone to her home in Auckland for a few weeks' rest and change.

Northern Advocate, 10 August 1903, Page 2

 

 

Mr J. T. Cowdell, photographer, Cameron - street, is leaving Whangarei for a week or so, but during his absence the studio will be open under the charge of Miss Hanson.
Northern Advocate, 5 May 1906, Page 2

 

 

The well-known photographic studio (late Cowdell's) in Upper Cameron Street has been taken over by Mr T. G. Palmer, who has been connected with the studio for many years. The studio possesses a modern equipment and Mr Palmer intends to produce only high-class and artistic photographs and enlargements. Picture-framing will also form a branch of the business, and as the complete stock of Mr Cowdell's negatives are kept, Mr Palmer will be able at any time to execute orders for photographs taken by the previous proprietors.
Northern Advocate, 19 September 1910, Page 4

 

 

 

 Cowdell's studio in Cameron Street, Whangarei is the single story building shown on the right of this photograph.

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Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 24 September 1908, p004

 

Cowdell's studio

 

The death of Mr Samuel Cowdell at Mairtown removes a highly respected resident of Whangarei. He was approaching 81 years of age, and during the last six or seven years has been an invalid, living with his daughter.in-law in Mill road.
Northern Advocate, 30 March 1916, Page 2

 

Cowdell — At the residence of his daughter-in-law, L. Cowdell, Mill road, Whangarei, on March 26, Samuel Cowdell, of Leicester, England, aged 80 years. Auckland papers please copy.
Northern Advocate, 30 March 1916, Page 2

 

 

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 "Dorothy Mann" by Joseph Tuffley Cowdell about 1903

probably Dorothy Hemsworth Mann born 23 September 1902, reg. 1902/13935, daughter of  Eva Mary Harrison and John Bennett Mann

The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Mann, elder daughter of Mrs John B. Mann, Whangarei, to Mr A. H. Law [Alexander Herbert Law], only son of Mr and Mrs A. Law, Auckland.
Northern Advocate, 17 January 1925, Page 2

 

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