Historical information

William Ingram with possibly his wife Pamela Thomas and family members. William is second from left with pipe, the others unidentified.
The family lived in Birmgham, England. William, a baker died in 1905.
William and Pamela had six children; William George Grove (1861-1939), Elizabeth (1865), Evan Thomas (1867-1956), Joseph (1868-1934), Louis (1870-1941) and John (1872-1958).
John Ingram learnt his trade from his father but following a quarrel with his father, he ran away and worked his passage to Australia as a ships baker. His elder brother Evan was already in Australia living in Malvern. It was here that he met Ada Key. John and Ada were married in Fremantle, Western Australia. They travelled to England then Cape Town, a family already started. They returned to Melbourne and in 1901 bought land at Research where he worked to establish an orchard and worked at night asa baker in Eltham.
The fashion and hairstyles appear trypical of around 1880

Physical description

Sepia Cabinet photograph print