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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 7115, member: 33"]OK, I think I know the connection now. In the 1916 New York City Directory the owner of Rockwell's Studio at 510 W. 145th St. was listed as J. Augustus Randel. It turns out that he was the son-in-law of George G. Rockwood. </p><p><br /></p><p>J. Augustus Randel is listed in this compiled genealogy as having married Mary Araminta Rockwood, daughter of George Gardner and Araminta Bouton Rockwood. They married 14 December 1876:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nig3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=%22j.+augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=1B4O-UWEzK&sig=D8Uxd-kewH4NThCWoSNoq8Rp-68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1p25U_jJCMy1yAT7jYKgBA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20augustus%20randel%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nig3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=%22j.+augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=1B4O-UWEzK&sig=D8Uxd-kewH4NThCWoSNoq8Rp-68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1p25U_jJCMy1yAT7jYKgBA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20augustus%20randel%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=nig3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq="j.+augustus+randel"&source=bl&ots=1B4O-UWEzK&sig=D8Uxd-kewH4NThCWoSNoq8Rp-68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1p25U_jJCMy1yAT7jYKgBA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q="j. augustus randel"&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory</i> of 1904, J. Augustus Randel is listed as Secretary of the corporation called Rockwood Photographer. George G. Rockwood was president:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-Y5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq=%22augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=zQSTemku6V&sig=M3BvO82vYPDmLbz3j0Di3mkRV6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q525U-6pEYSQyASEpYKoCg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22augustus%20randel%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-Y5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq=%22augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=zQSTemku6V&sig=M3BvO82vYPDmLbz3j0Di3mkRV6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q525U-6pEYSQyASEpYKoCg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22augustus%20randel%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-Y5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq="augustus+randel"&source=bl&ots=zQSTemku6V&sig=M3BvO82vYPDmLbz3j0Di3mkRV6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q525U-6pEYSQyASEpYKoCg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q="augustus randel"&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, not looking further into this I'd say that J. Augustus Randel may have taken over the studio at 145th and Amsterdam after the death of George. However, he may have always run it...</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I might do is try to figure out how long the studio existed at that location. It is not listed as a studio location in any of the biographical information I've found about George. That would be somewhat useful in my quest, since it could help to verify the date of my photo (although I feel confident in the previous general date range).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 7115, member: 33"]OK, I think I know the connection now. In the 1916 New York City Directory the owner of Rockwell's Studio at 510 W. 145th St. was listed as J. Augustus Randel. It turns out that he was the son-in-law of George G. Rockwood. J. Augustus Randel is listed in this compiled genealogy as having married Mary Araminta Rockwood, daughter of George Gardner and Araminta Bouton Rockwood. They married 14 December 1876: [url]http://books.google.com/books?id=nig3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=%22j.+augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=1B4O-UWEzK&sig=D8Uxd-kewH4NThCWoSNoq8Rp-68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1p25U_jJCMy1yAT7jYKgBA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20augustus%20randel%22&f=false[/url] In [I]Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory[/I] of 1904, J. Augustus Randel is listed as Secretary of the corporation called Rockwood Photographer. George G. Rockwood was president: [url]http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-Y5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq=%22augustus+randel%22&source=bl&ots=zQSTemku6V&sig=M3BvO82vYPDmLbz3j0Di3mkRV6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q525U-6pEYSQyASEpYKoCg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22augustus%20randel%22&f=false[/url] So, not looking further into this I'd say that J. Augustus Randel may have taken over the studio at 145th and Amsterdam after the death of George. However, he may have always run it... One thing I might do is try to figure out how long the studio existed at that location. It is not listed as a studio location in any of the biographical information I've found about George. That would be somewhat useful in my quest, since it could help to verify the date of my photo (although I feel confident in the previous general date range).[/QUOTE]
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