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CATNUM: 1328
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NameFirst: Parfitt ~William
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Spouse1Name: DeEtte Irwin
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:10 PM
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OriginalNotes: Elkhart Co. Marriage Record:
William Parfitt m. DeEtte Irwin, July 3, 1890, bk. 8, p. 216
1910 Goshen census lists as photographer married to Cora. 1906 city directory for Goshen p. 713 Pres. Of Fort Wayne Engraving Co.
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PersonID: 1225
CATNUM: 1328
NameFirst: Parfitt ~William
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Address1: SE cor. 3rd St. & Lincoln Ave.
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City: Goshen
State: IN
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StudioName: William Parfitt
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Name: William Parfitt
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OriginalSource: _Goshen, Indiana, Having a Wonderful Time--Wish you were Here_ (Dean L. Henry, 1990, Goshen Hist. Soc.), p. 43 postcard of exterior of Tarbox Studio, SE cor. 3rd & Lincoln, originally the Parfitt Studio, but was later purchased by E. B. Tarbox.  The bldg. razed in 1923, area now part of parking lot of the Society Bank.

Ca. 1890s cabinet card, Parfitt, Ground Floor Gallery, cor. 3rd and Lincoln Ave. (early 1890s)
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Name: William Parfitt
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OriginalSource: 1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 985

The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 240, Wm. Parfitt

Goshen Historical Society Newsletter, Dec. 1996, "Looking Back 100 Years, Oct, Nov, Dec, 1896" by Dale Garber [no source listed, but most likely a Goshen newspaper]; December 14: Wm. Parfitt today re-entered his photograph gallery to give his undivided attention to the business, after a vacation of nearly six months.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Mar. 1896.`Oct. 1896, Special Notices: Letter to O. W. Hodges of the M. A. Seed Dry Plate Co., St. Louis, saying he is sorry that he temporarily gave up Seed plate and tried cheap plates.  He ordered 5x7 plates and agreed to stand by the Seed plate for the next 4 yrs, as he did for the 1st 4 yrs. he was in business.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, May 1898, p. 217
Wm. Parit, a photographer of Goshen, IN will enlarge his studio and engage in engraving and making cuts in addition to his regular line.

Weekly Republican (Plymouth, Indiana), January 11, 1906, p. 3
A short circuit of electric light wire caused a fire that burned the photographic gallery owned by William Parfitt at Goshen, causing aloss of $3,000, covered by 80% insurance. Hundreds of negatives were destroyed.
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CATNUM: 1328
NameFirst: Parfitt ~William
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Address1: 138 W. Lincoln Ave
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State: IN
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OriginalSource: 1903-1904 Elkhart and Goshen Indiana City Directory, p. 380
Rev Wm Parfitt (De Ette I), photog 128 W Lincoln av, h 602 S 6th
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