Henry P. Pickering (1829->1902)

Henry Pickering began working as a photographer in Beverley, Yorkshire in 1855. Three years later he arrived in Scarborough establishing his studio next to the Mechanics Institute in Vernon Place. He worked in Scarborough for the next 44 years, advertising finally in 1902. In 1890 he was in Barwick Street, where he advertised as Pickering and Wright in 1893. The census in 1901 records him in Portsmouth, but it is unknown if he was working there.

Henry Pickering was born in Hedon or Sproatley near Hull where his father, David (b.1794) was a Sub Postmaster. Henry married Hannah (b.1828) from Staveley, Yorkshire. They had five children, David (b.1860 in York), all born in Scarborough - Fanny A. (a dressmaker in 1881, b.1862), Lucy A. (b.1864), Charles R. (b.1865) and Emma E. (b. 1869). Both Lucy and Charles were recorded on the 1881 census as Photographers assistants, presumably working with their father.