Person: ZAMBRA, Joseph (1822-1897)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Joseph Warren ZAMBRA

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

partner in lantern and slide supply business

Main period of activity

1850s-80s

Relationships to other people

business partner of NEGRETTI, Henry (c.1818-1879)

father of ZAMBRA, Joseph C. (1847-1892)

father of ZAMBRA, Marcus (1849-1914)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1822

born at

Saffron Walden, Essex, England

9 February 1847

~25

marriage

England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Optician”; marriage to Sarah Sophia Potts, at St Andrew Holborn, London (she died 1867)

1850-1888

~28

partner

Negretti & Zambra

1851

resident

9 Manchester Street, St Pancras, London, England

30 March 1851

~29

census record

1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1495.345.72
– occupation “Optician etc. (Master)”

18 September 1869

~47

marriage

England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Optician”; marriage to Sarah Tongue, at St George Tufnell Park, London

1871-1881

resident

Villa Carreno, 39 Carleton Road, Islington, London N, England

2 April 1871

~49

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/274.58.9
– occupation “Optician”

3 April 1881

~59

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/245.41.7
– occupation “Optician and General Merchant”

1897

resident

Walden, 80 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead, London, England

23 December 1897

~76

died at

Hampstead, London, England

19 February 1898

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1898 p.260

Reference

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 208-209

Lucerna ID 6002431

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 August 2014

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Person: ZAMBRA, Joseph (1822-1897)