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'Agnes, Sibie(?) and Edith', thought to depict sisters Mary Agnes Hoole (1848 - 1936) and Edith Hoole (1850 - 1943) [who later married Arthur Wightman] pictured as girls/teenagers with an unknown third young lady 'Sibie'(?), c1860s

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'Agnes, Sibie(?) and Edith', thought to depict sisters Mary Agnes Hoole (1848 - 1936) and Edith Hoole (1850 - 1943) [who later married Arthur Wightman] pictured as girls/teenagers with an unknown third young lady 'Sibie'(?), c1860s
Sheffield
1851-1899
Lennox's Art and Photographic Studio,Sheffield

Mary Agnes Hoole was born in Sheffield in 1848, the eldest daughter of Charles Hoole (1805 - 1876) of Hallam Gate, Crookes, who was a successful grocer and who also served as director of both Sheffield Gas and Water Companies. Mary Agnes Hoole married John Kirkby Swift (1844 - 1895) of Sale Hill, Sheffield on 23 Mar 1871 at St Thomas' Church, Crookes. Mary Agnes Swift died in Sheffield on 1 June 1936.Edith Hoole, Mary Agnes Hoole's younger sister, was born in Sheffield in 1850. She married Arthur Wightman (1842 - 1924), solicitor, on 21 Sep 1872 at St Thomas' Church, Crookes. Edith later lived with Arthur Wightman at Hallam Gate, the family home where she had grown up. Latterly Edith Wightman resided at 8 Beech Hill Road, Broomhill. She died in Sheffield in 1943, aged 93].Original at Sheffield City Archives: X814/1/1/3.

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