dressmaker in Drumshanbo

[lorrainec]

Hello
My ggrandmother was a dressmaker in Drumshanbo, around 1900 or so.
Does anyone know of any dressmakers at that time?

She married in 1901 so my guess is she worked from around 1890 or so.  She was born in 1871 - Jane Sophia Higginson.

Thanks so much!

[aghadowey]

Hello
My ggrandmother was a dressmaker in Drumshanbo, around 1900 or so.
Does anyone know of any dressmakers at that time?

She married in 1901 so my guess is she worked from around 1890 or so.  She was born in 1871 - Jane Sophia Higginson.

Thanks so much!

Not sure I understand what you are asking. Often dressmaking was done from home and in those days almost all women probably did sewing either for employment or themselves/their family.

If this is the correct Jane Higginson them 1901 census says aged 23-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Leitrim/Drumshanbo/Drumshanbo_Town/1483697/
Birth registration 1871-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03283/2203130.pdf
She married in 1903 not 1901-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1903/10226/5722153.pdf

Sister Harriet also listed as dressmaker in 1901 census-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03283/2203130.pdf
Harriet & Jane had double wedding.

Jane likely started working at a younger age. My mother-in-law was born early 1900s and left school at 14 to work as a dressmaker in a shop in a nearby town.

[Kiltaglassan]

Does anyone know of any dressmakers at that time?

Here were all the dressmakers in Co Leitrim in the 1901 census, including your GGM and her sister Harriet.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rzp/

[lorrainec]

Yes, I understand now. Jane and Harriet probably worked from the house.  I thought perhaps, they worked in a shop in town.

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[Kiltaglassan]

Harriet & Jane had double wedding.

Harriet Maud Higginson married William Thomas, a railway employee living in Belturbet.

Three children born-

Frances Charlotte Thomas - 19 May 1903
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1903/01867/1727089.pdf

Robert John Thomas - 21 April 1904
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1904/01825/1713604.pdf

Harriet Jane Thomas - 9 March 1906
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1906/01738/1686654.pdf


1911 census - Harriet Maud Thomas
House 46.1 in Clarinda Park East (Kingstown No. 2, Dublin)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Kingstown_No__2/Clarinda_Park_East/94199/

[Kiltaglassan]

Robert John Thomas - 21 April 1904
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1904/01825/1713604.pdf

Harriet Jane Thomas - 9 March 1906
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1906/01738/1686654.pdf

Robert and Jane Thomas at Elliott House? Boarding School, Townsend Street in Dublin in 1911 census.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000222884/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000222883/

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5491232#map=16/53.3459/-6.2486


Edited to Add;
Charlotte Thomas with her grandmother in 1911 census.
House 22 in Lahard (Garadice, Leitrim)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Leitrim/Garadice/Lahard/646337/

[Kiltaglassan]

Harriet Maud Higginson married William Thomas, a railway employee living in Belturbet.

Three children born- .......

1911 census - Harriet Maud Thomas
House 46.1 in Clarinda Park East (Kingstown No. 2, Dublin)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Kingstown_No__2/Clarinda_Park_East/94199/

A fourth child William Joseph Thomas born on 13 November 1908 at Lahard. MMN written by the asst registrar as Higgonson.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1909/01622/1649698.pdf

Sadly William Joseph died at only 3 weeks on 7 December 1908. His mother was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1909/05468/4530433.pdf

Lahard townland
https://www.townlands.ie/leitrim/carrigallen/oughteragh/garadice/lahard/


KG

[Kiltaglassan]

Lahard townland
https://www.townlands.ie/leitrim/carrigallen/oughteragh/garadice/lahard/

Lahard townland close to the town of Ballinamore and beside the Cavan & Leitrim Railway
(via the OSi National Townland and Historical Map Viewer - MapGenie 25 Inch [1887-1913])

https://arcg.is/8yL9C

[lorrainec]

WOW! Thank you so much KG!!
I did have some of this information but not about the boarding school!

Harriet and her children are a great story - they all immigrated to Canada in the early 20's
Harriet's sister, Jane is my ggrandmother who moved to Scotland but Jane's grand daughter (my mum) also emigrated to Canada! As I have been working on the family tree, I found Harriet et al only about 6 years ago. My mum had no idea she had relatives in Canada!

Such a shame. Harriet died in 1952 but her children were still alive at the time my mother emigrated. They have all passed away now, of course but there is still a tail of the family in the wind. The eldest sister of Harriet and Jane also emigrated to Canada (popular place!) and her decendents are still with us. I have been in contact but they have neither information nor interest in the family history.  Again. a shame.