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Offline Darwin

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Re: Any Lacemaking Ancestors?
« Reply #36 on: Tuesday 26 November 13 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Many of my female ancestors in East Devon were makers of Honiton Lace, which was used on Queen Victoria's wedding dress & the royal Christening robe. The cottages were small & dark so on dry days they probably worked outside in the light like these ladies.





Devon: Sloman & Parsons
Banffshire: McGregor & Ogg
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Offline Gaynor B

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Re: Any Lacemaking Ancestors?
« Reply #37 on: Friday 29 November 13 16:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I also have lace makers in my family. Mine were from Branscombe and Honiton in Devon and apparently one of them made the lace for Queen Mary's wedding dress. My Grandmother on that side of the family was a dressmaker and my sisters I'm sure have said they remember her making lace to trim their dresses in the 1950's (before my time, I was something of an afterthought!!)
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Mitchell in Rhondda Valley and Gloucestershire, Jones in Rhondda Valley and Builth, Howells in Rhondda Valley, Dean in Devon and Middlesex, Simmonds in Middlesex, Henty in Sussex
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