Military Embroidress

[KentishChris]

Hello,
I have an ancestor Louisa Henrietta Goldsmith nee Bolingbroke who was a Military Embroidress in 1891 and is later listed as a Military Gold Embroidress in 1911.
She lived in the Battersea area of London, and was born in Pimlico.

Could anyone give me any information on the occupation of my ancestor?
Any help would be much appreciated! .

Chris

[stanmapstone]

It means she embroidered Military Uniforms.
From "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"
Embroiderer, embroideress: sews over a stamped pattern or otherwise ornaments, by hand, sewing with needle and silk, wool or other kinds of thread, usually of various colours; sometimes specifically designated e.g. military embroiderer, masonic embroiderer.
Embroiderer, gold; embroiders with fine gold wire threaded through an ordinary sewing needle, by hand or cornerly machine, on to cloth or other groundwork, according to pattern.


Stan

[KentishChris]

Thank you for your help stanmapstone! 

Any idea on wages, quality of living whilst doing this job?
What would this job/career have brought this family during the late 1800s/early 1900s?

Thanks, Chris