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    macersgirl
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    Hi
    I have my John Hiett (born 1851 in shoreditch) who was a cigar maker.I can not find him at all on the 1871 census but have him on the 1881 census onwards as living at Jubilee Street, mile end road Town. On the 1901 census he says he was a Journeyman -cigar maker. Am i right in thinking that Journeyman where people who had finished an Apprentiship? His grandson was my granddad and he rememberd John very well as a boy and thought he 'wasn't bad off' in money and would 'slip' him some money everytime he visited ect.

    I have no idea how to go about finding out if John would have had an Apprentiship and how he would have gone about doing this and where he would have done it and how long he would have had to train? And if any records may have survived and where they would be held? I have a lovely photo of John and his familiy taken around 1900c and i would really like to put some 'meat' on him and his life.

    Hope someone might beable to help me

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    georgiep
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    Hi Macersgirl
    Have you the family in 1891?
    129 Jubilee St
    Mile End
    John's mother Catherine is listed 73 wid living on owns means.
    You probably already have this info?

    Cheers
    Georgie

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    Quote Originally Posted by macersgirl
    Am i right in thinking that Journeyman where people who had finished an Apprentiship?
    He is likely to have completed an apprenticeship - but cesnsus can be misleading in this respect.

    I have no idea how to go about finding out if John would have had an Apprentiship......And if any records may have survived and where they would be held?
    Training would be locally, and lasted from about 3-7 years. Records of apprenticeship were private contracts and very often have not survived.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Browneyes View Post
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    Not enough room in the factory I reckon.
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    As far as I understand it, having Jewish ancestors from the Mile End Road area, cigar making was very much (although of course not exclusively) an Ashkenazim Jewish occupation. Perhaps your ancestor worked for a Jew if he was not one himself? It might be worth taking a look at the Jewish East End and Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain websites.

    A quick search of the web revealed this:

    Introduction to the Tobacco trade.
    The Dutch Jews from Amsterdam monopolised the Cigar Making Trades and Tobacco industry in Whitechapel and St George's, they were a close-knit community. In 1860 the two districts contained 2294 Dutch Jews and only 894 Polish Jews. In 1875 it was estimated that between 3000 and 4000 industrious Jewish workers were engaged in the metropolis in the tailoring and tobacco trades. Most Jewish manufacturers were employing fifty or more workers in the tobacco business, because the Excise authorities forbade transfers of small quantities of leaf and the amount of machinery required meant that considerable capital was needed (at least £50 to £100). Of the 1900 Cigar-makers in London late in the 1880s, 800 were men and 1100 were women, 251 of the men and 113 of the women were "Russians and Poles". Wages were good and work was regular. Cigar-makers earned on piecework up to 40/- (£2.00) a week, tobacco-cutters by hand £2 to £3. As late as 1901 there were still 343 men and 48 women of Dutch descent carrying on the Cigar-making trade. However the onset of machine made Cigars and cigarettes in the 1900s led to the end of an era of the handmade product. The families of Sasieni, cover five generations of Pipe Makers and Tobacco Manufacturer, originating from Amsterdam, Holland to London, England and the Sasieni name is still used today in the production of pipes, tobacco and smokers products in the USA.

    https://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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    macersgirl
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    Hi
    A big thank you to you all for all the help.
    I know that John Hiett wasnt a Jew as i ahve managed to trace his familiy to early 1700's. I had read somewhere that the jews where involved in Cigarmaking but didnt want to add it on this incase i was completley wrong-its been done before lol!
    I have john and his mum and familiy on the 1891 and 1901 census (not catherine as she was dead before 1901) and i cant wait untill findmypast has 1911 census
    I will look at the link for genpalsI think my Grandad said that his grandad never smoked-maybe because he didnt like the smell lol.
    Thanks again for all the help.

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    Have looked at the 1911 census, there is no John Hiett of the correct age living in Mile end .. or indeed anywhere??? Cannot find any of the family mentioned in 1901 either. Perhaps his name has been mistranscribed.

    Sue

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    Hi Sue
    That was very kind of you to look on the 1901 and 1911 census returns.
    I have got John Hiett on the 1901 census living at 129 jubillee St Mile End with wife mary ann, and children FLorence 16, catherine 13 and my gt grandmother edith 6.Its possible the spelling of Hiett was wrong but i am sure i found this on Ancestry under Hiett.

    I know that on my Gt grandmothers marriage cert to Joseph Baker in 1919 the address given was linden gardens in bayswater so its possible that john and familiy had moved to this address around the 1911 census returns.
    Thank you again

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