James S Catford James Stoyle Catford Jr was born 15 th February 1846 and WikiTree [1] has an interesing account of his life. He was the son of James Stoyle Catford and Mary Ann Baker and married Mary Dendle in Ilfracombe Parish Church on 5 th June 1869. The family lived in Castle Terrace (1851) and Portland Street (1861 census) but James and his wife had moved to High Street, Ilfracombe certainly by 1891 . Alfred, the elder son, was also listed as Photographer. By this time he had six children but the family eventually had eleven children. It may be that he took over a studio begun by his father but he was not only an active photographer but an innovative one. WikiTree reports that he was the main organiser behind an album of photographic views presented to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 1887. He is also credited with being the first to introduce landscape postcards into England and travelled extensively to take photographs. At some time before 1896 h