General Chat

Kitty were hatters independent and worked from home then the journeyman would the hats up and down country and the milliners more factory based or is milliner just a posh name for hatter

Mel journey man means time served as an apprenice at a trade not a travelling sales man....Hatters worked in the mills with very heavy machines..up till the early 1990's Christies in Stockport was still a working hat factory.

Hi Hayley,

Not far back in my tree, but my Grandad (my dad's, dad) was so special to me.. He did so much for me, he was like a dad to me, (i'll explain)

My dad, who is very dear to me worked away for many years, mainly in the middle east when i was growing up. Dad went away to work when i was very young, came home on leave for a few short weeks here and there.
over 15 years went by and grandad was always there for me, others were to but he was my dad as well if that makes sense.. He taught me so much and was kind, caring and loving..

I miss him so much...

GA

GA thats lovely what lovely memories you have of him.....xxxxx

oh then the travelling up n down bit was wrong lol shame oh well is grandson at least was a door-to-door salesman ~ sold peg dolls x *wonders why past trades n records arent clearer for simple-minded peeps like me*

My Journeymen were bakers and millers..................nothing to do with hats.

Hayley is right Mel a journeyman is a tradesman or craftsman who has completed an apprenticeship but is not yet able to set up his own workshop as a master.

I thought they were reps too when I first came across the word...........thank goodness for google! lol

Mel................you aren't in the least bit simple minded, just forgetful sometimes:)

I'l never get used to this delving into the past lark but still have a passion for it

I'm related to Newey and Eyre............on my mum's side apparently, I havent researched that side of my tree.........but a relative gave me the link to the name...

Milliners were ladies who made ladies hats, ladies. They may even have sold them, too. My aunt by marriage was one, before her marriage. Her father was a tailor, and totally an alcoholic (probably not to do with the tailoring. There was before him a hatter, or even some hatters, which is how I know about the poisoning.

Newey n Eyre ? sounds familiar did they make hair grips?

Oh thank you Meri.................I was right then:)))))

in that case.............I have a Milliner in my tree *smiles proudly as most of them were ag labs* lol

*slaps mel for being silly*

xx

There's a Newey And Eyre down the road from me whirls lol

Haven't a scooby what they produce though.........and there's one round the corner from where my sister used to live..........

Most my direct ancestors were ag. labs, too Kitty. And I'm a big, strong girl myself. Good stock, as they say.

Ouch! I guess I deserved that! x

I have boatman , tailor errandboy at 56..oldest errandboy I have heard of....

:)))

I bet someone will have an older one somewhere Hayley *looks desperately at my tree*

lol Hayley ~ did he never complete his apprenticeship x

I got the impression by various bits of info I have picked up that maybe he was unable to learn a trade, he never married I have him as a 16yr old errand boy living with his mother till she died and then he is living with his sister for on the last 2 ...

oh Hayley Im sure he was happy x

Hi All.
My favourite ancestor was my Great Great Grandmother Jessie Pryce nee Legassick.
Both her parents died within a few months of each other when Jessie was only about 10 years old. Must have been very traumatic for her with no other siblings.
Somehow after her parents died she came to Wales and fell pregnant when she was about 21years old. She ended up in the workhouse for the birth of her son. The following year she married John Pryce and for most of their lives the family lived in a small village in Wales. She was 90 odd years old when she died. I wish i could find where she is buried though.

Alyson