Tuesday 6 March 2018

Clothiers, Tailors and Haberdashers



I have tailors on two branches of my family tree.  I have written about Andrew Tait, a Master Tailor in Liverpool and Bath that invented a secret pocket in pants. My great grandfather's brother Thomas Seale was a merchant tailor, having a shop on Princess Street in Kingston, Ontario. He had a specialty department of water-proof clothing and camping materials.

Kingston Directory, 1878, pg 72 (at Ancestry)


If your ancestor was a merchant tailor, clothier or haberdasher, look in trade magazines, directories, newspaper ads and ads in other local publications. My great grand uncle placed an ad in the Queen's College Journal, Kingston. 

Queen's College Journal 1878, pg 144



Relevant Links
The Clothier and Furnisher

Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly

Fairchild's men's and boy’s wear Directory NY

The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier

A list of some eminent members of the Mercers company of London 1872

Cost and selling price for merchant tailors

The Haberdasher, NJ

Tailor And Cutter Magazine





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