tailors . military ? . johnsons of nassau street ? photo i.d ?

[buttonnid]

hi ive two tailors in my family . jeremiah hanrahan and son michael hanrahan . michael born dublin 17/1/1876 . michael worked at some stage for MAYBE johnsons military tailors on nassau street ? jeremiah made wedding outfits and traveled to and from england working .

anybody find a tailors called johnsons on nassau street ?
anybody find either jeremiah or michael as tailors in any kind of trade directory ?
any comments on photo would be great michael is 2nd from bottom right .
also jeremiah is missing , cant find birth marriage (mary maher) or death or grave .

have michaels birth marriage death 1911 census . there dublin city centre people .
thanks in advance for any help .

found a military tailor named Johnstone on Dawson street in Thom's 1894 & 84. This street has a junction with Nassau street.

   59 Dawson street - J. B. Johnstone, 
    military and merchant tailor,
     also 34 Sackville street, London

I can't help much with this one - you slightly confused verbal family history would probably account for the Regents Park destination for your ancestor - note that Sackville St. is adjacent to Regent Street and is often used in the address. John Brown Johnstone were advertised in the City Directories for London. I have seen the firm variously advertised as Military Tailors and/or  Outfittersand  and as as indicated below.

Johnstone, John Brown.      London.
27, Jermyn Street.               1850 1854.    ACL + Army Clothier sub heading in the Trades
                                                                       section of the City Directories quoted here.
34, Sackville Street.             1855 1891.ACL.
Johnstone, John Brown.      London.
34, Sackville Street.             1855 1901.ACL.
34 & 35, Sackville Street.     1902 1906.ACL.
Johnstone, John Brown Ltd.
34 & 35, Sackville Street.     1907 1944.ACL.

Additional address:
59, Dawson Street, Dublin.   1880 1889.ACL.chkdA. (this last note indicates that I have checked this against the alphabetical series in the Directories as dated.
J.B.Johnstones deceased notice, (d 05/04/1901 in The London Gazette only mentions the London address so I suspect they were no longer operating in Ireland at that time. One thing I would say about the photo is that it is a shame that i cannot see anything particularly military in the floor litter!

I hope this has been of some use to you. regards buttonnid

 

[DudleyWinchurch]

Hi Obbie,

I'm guessing that this picture was compressed for uploading here.  If that is the case, would it be possible to send me a more high resolution version?

My GGfather was also a tailor in central Dublin and I'm thinking possibly the man bottom left.  He later definitely worked as a military tailor in England.

If you do have a better copy of the pic, I can send you my email contact by PM.

[obbie]

thanks for the info thats great

[imsij]

I'm interested in Robert Forbes, a nephew of J.B. Johnstone, who worked in the shop in Dawson street from 1867 and later became the Manager there. He worked there until at least 1894.
Is there a date on the photograph, or names of the other people?

[Forfarian]

Thanks, buttonnid, John Brown Johnstone's daughter Janet married William Sang in 1866. He was my 1st cousin 3 times removed and he was a woollen cloth merchant. You have saved me a bit of trawling through street directories!

Robert Forbes, aged 16, born in Scotland, was a visitor in the household of John Brown Johnstone in the 1861 census. 

[Forfarian]

Thanks, buttonnid, John Brown Johnstone's daughter Janet married William Sang in 1866. He was my 1st cousin 3 times removed and he was a woollen cloth merchant. You have saved me a bit of trawling through street directories!

Robert Forbes, aged 16, born in Scotland, was a visitor in the household of John Brown Johnstone in the 1861 census.