Younger brother Jack Nevin …
William John Nevin (1852-1891) was known to the family as Jack. He was less than six months old when he arrived in Hobart, Tasmania with his parents and siblings Thomas and Mary Anne on board the Fairlie, 1852.
Jack (W.J. or John) Nevin, ca. 1880 photographed by his brother Thomas J. Nevin.
From © The Nevin Family Collection 2009 ARR.
William John Nevin (1852-1891) was known to the family as Jack. He was less than six months old when he arrived in Hobart, Tasmania with his parents and siblings Thomas and Mary Anne on board the Fairlie, 1852.
Jack Nevin was the younger brother of Tasmanian photographer Thomas J. Nevin, and his assistant at the Hobart Gaol, Campbell Street during his brother’s commission as police photographer in prisons. He maintained one of their photographic studios, in New Town, until the mid 1880s. Jack Nevin was employed on salary at the Hobart Gaol under the supervision of the keeper Ringrose Atkins from 1874 until his untimely death at age 39 in 1891.
The Electoral Roll of the Electoral District of North Hobart, North Hobart, year commencing 11th April, 1884.
NEVIN, William John | Place of Abode H.M. Gaol | Nature of qualification Salary | Particulars of Qualification H.M. Government.
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| From Family Portraits 1860s-1900s |
Eight contemporary generation portraits by Thomas Nevin:
From left,
Thomas’ brother Jack Nevin 1880
Top:
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865;
Thomas Nevin himself 1865.
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865 vignette
Lower:
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1870;Thomas Nevin himself with wife Elizabeth Rachel Day 1871;
Thomas Nevin himself 1873;Extreme right:
Thomas’ sister Mary Anne 1874;
Copyright © The Nevin Family Collection ARR.
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