Census Occupations - Tailor
Below are some resources I recommend if any of your ancestors in your family tree were Tailors.
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Description: Someone who worked in the tailoring industry making, repairing and altering men's clothes such as jackets, shirts and trousers. Often they specialised in one garment rather than the entire suit that we would expect today. This type of tailoring was all done by hand, producing unique items on each occasion. In London, Saville Row became synonymous with tailoring and remains the place to go for a quality suit. Whilst tailoring for the upper classes brought about wealth, income for those who created everyday clothes was low. Tailors often supplemented their income by weaving or dyeing cloth. Their health was also subject to problems, often ending up with arthritic or problematic legs after years of sitting cross-legged and respiratory problems, from inhaling cloth particles. As a result of both income and health, many tailors ended up in workhouses when older. The invention of the Singer sewing machine, which was brought to England around 1850, saw the demise of the individual tailor and the rise of the mass-produced garments. Factories sprang up, especially in the Northern cities such as Leeds. Names and phrases, well-known today, are also derived from tailoring. For example, the area of Piccadilly draws its name from the decorative cuffs mad in the late 1500s and early 1600s, called pickadils or pickadillos. The term the 'full-monty' comes from a tailor, Montague Burton, who offered individual garments or a complete suit with shirt and tie. See also: Tailor & Clothier, Tailor's Machinist, Tailoress, Tailor's Apprentice, Tailor's Assistant, Tailor's Cutter, Tailor's Labourer, Tailor's Presser, Tailor Coat Hand, Tailor Hand.
Websites:
Reading materials:
The Book of English Trades, and Library of Useful Arts
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