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Help dating dress
« on: Monday 02 September 24 03:43 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I recently found a distant relatives post who says they have the wedding dress of our ancestor Sarah Smith who married in 1822. The attached photos are of the dress in question. I just wanted to confirm that the dress looks like it was from the 1820's. cheers Janine.
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Re: Help dating dress
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« Reply #2 on: Monday 02 September 24 04:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your quick reply! How exciting, I was hoping that it was but I didn't want to get carried away with wishful thinking. It also had this cape attachment. cheers Janine
David Wallace HAY, Helena DAVIDSON , Alexander HUTTON , Elizabeth JOHNSTON, Arthur JOHNSON, Agnes McPAKE, Mary McPEAKE, Mary JOHNSTON, Margaret JOHNSTON, Mildred Rose HARRISON, Francis HARRISON, Mary SOUTH, William WILLIAMS, Charles DUFF, Grace LESLIE

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 02 September 24 08:20 BST (UK) »
I agree with 1820s.

My book by Willett and  Cunnington, English Costume in the 19th century  has similar illustrations of mid-1820s 'special occasions' dresses.

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« Reply #4 on: Monday 02 September 24 08:39 BST (UK) »
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« Reply #5 on: Monday 02 September 24 11:38 BST (UK) »
Hi Gadget,

Thanks for the links to the great resources.
I was a bit surprised at how nice dress the dress was. She married a Private in the 52nd Regiment and I wouldn't have thought they had much money.  cheers Janine
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« Reply #6 on: Monday 02 September 24 14:19 BST (UK) »
It might be worth contacting the distant relative and asking how she got the photo of the dress. It's definitely an 1820s style but there's no way of knowing if Sarah wore that dress - she could have made it herself or borrowed it or.....

where were they married?

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 02 September 24 14:29 BST (UK) »
Was she in service? It was quite common for the employer to give maids their cast offs. I have read wills where a maid has been left clothes in a will. The same with male staff being left clothes worn by the master.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Help dating dress
« Reply #8 on: Monday 02 September 24 14:40 BST (UK) »
Hi,
The person who has the dress  inherited from his mother when she passed away two years ago, it had been passed down in his family as Sarah is his direct ancestor, so he took the photo's of the dress.

 Sarah Purton (nee Smith), signed an affadavit saying that she married Shadrach Purton in “St John’s Church 1822”, and her older children were born in "St Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. As a couple they moved around a lot, as Shadrach was a private in the army and was stationed in Belgium, Waterloo, France, Canada and Ireland. I don't know if Sarah had a job or if she was in service, but she could have made the dress herself. cheers Janine.
David Wallace HAY, Helena DAVIDSON , Alexander HUTTON , Elizabeth JOHNSTON, Arthur JOHNSON, Agnes McPAKE, Mary McPEAKE, Mary JOHNSTON, Margaret JOHNSTON, Mildred Rose HARRISON, Francis HARRISON, Mary SOUTH, William WILLIAMS, Charles DUFF, Grace LESLIE