Forum: Apprentices

I believe my 4 x great grandmother Sarah Farley was apprenticed to Mary A Southard of Oxford Street as a milliner in 1798. I've been lucky enough to find her trade card in an image collection from the British Museum. Any ideas how I may find out more? My understanding is that there wasn't a...

I've only just found databases relating to appentices and apprenticeships on line so I'm a bit lost at what I'm looking at. My ancestor was Thomas Garnham and although I haven't yet managed to pin down birth or death dates for him I do know he married Phoebe/Phebe Paskin on 21.9.1806 in...

Hello As mentioned by Peter Goodey in another thread, the Society of Genealogists' databases formerly on the Origins site are now appearing on FindMyPast. One of these is the index to 'Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1774'. Here's what the SoG site says about it: 'The indentures of...

In the Ancestry data set "UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811" there is an entry in 1735 for Joseph Mahoon of St Martins in the Fields taking an apprentice John son of John Moore of ................. Gent. Am I wrong to be surprised to see the son of a "Gent" being...

I was an apprentice at Parkin & Bacon, Neepsend, Sheffield during the period 1955 - 1961, a six year apprenticeship with low pay. I enjoyed my time there and the people I worked with Ruth and Maureen. I subsequently married and lived in Portsmouth, divorced, remarried and now live in Pleyben,...

I've had a bit of a look in the Board of Stamps Apprenticeship Books (IR1) which have recently gone online at Ancestry, and I'm puzzled by the abbreviation "DD" which appears at the start of some entries. The place where I first spotted it was the apprenticeship of a George DANIEL to my ancestor...

I was looking for some people in the Apprentice records and it occurred to me that there were no references (that I could see) to a son being apprenticed to his father. Did the father avoid paying the tax? Would their sons (tailors in this case) be recognised by the trade, as qualified? Have I...

My ancestor Edward Jackson b 9th Jan 1850, rastrick, Yorkshire, was a stonemason, I know he was a 'scholar' aged 10 in the 1861 Census. Sometime after that, and before 1871 (when he was 21 and working as a stonemason)he must have had an apprenticeship. Is there likely to be information of that,...

My G Grandfather Alfred Russell was in 1851 aged 18 a long way from home in Kidderminster Worcs. His home was Kent but his parents were originally from Shropshire/Staffs/Worcs area. His occupation was Plumber & Glazier Journeyman. When you are a Journeyman, are you serving your apprenticeship...

I have just received a copy of a settlement examination in which it is stated that a boy aged 6 1/2 years old (in 1783) was placed in an apprenticeship by the Overseers of the Poor. Quite apart from any child welfare considerations, I find it hard to imagine that at that age he would have been able...

My ggg grandfathers stated occupation was a cooper. Would he have served an apprenticeship if so would there be any records & where could I find them. I would think he trained in the late 1700s early 1800s, in London Thank youMike

Hello. Can anyone tell me if there are any records available, such as apprenticeships, for hearth rug makers, London c1840, please?

hi i have a alfred sparrow born in about 1880ish said to be born in london to a george sparrow a wine mechant in london we have alfred in 1909 when he married a margaret laybourne parker in durham ?(blaydon on tyne ) he is in the 1911 census with a daughter elizabeth she died in a year they...

How does one go about finding Settlement papers. i have been searching Oxfordshire where my chap settled but no luck. I don't know where he originated from.

Hi, It appears that my G.G.G. Grandfather was a brass founder or so it states on his marriage certificate, on his son's marriage certificate it gives him as a brass finisher. G.G.G. Grandfather was born c1817 in West Bromwhich, would there be apprentice records for that occupation in the mid...

Hi all I've been reading some of the postings regarding apprenticeships, and have also read the TNA research guide via the link given in some responses. If I've understood it correctly, it seems that apprenticeships weren't necessary (? -correct word?) for trades that did not exist when the...

My ancestor William Ware was apprentice to a Robert Kitson of Upper Brear, Halifax as stated in the parish register on his marriage in July 1721 ( He was 14 at the time of his marriage, his wife 13.1/2 also stated in the parish register). I cannot find any local reference to his birth or...

I wonder if someone can help me...? I'm descended from Thomas Garnham of Boston, Lincs who was born either in 1780/81 (we can't find his baptism and therefore cannot prove who his father was). We know he was a sailmaker at the time of his marriage in 1805, and have been looking (without success)...

Is the index to this available to be searched online?

Would anyone know if there are any lists of dyers or their apprentices. I have an ancestor living in London 1820's with that occupation