Reardon aunts
Mary Elizabeth REARDON
20th Nov 18991 - 3rd Jun 1989
Seamstress & pattern cutter1
Life History
20th Nov 1899 |
Born in Stepney, London.1 1c 404 on Free BMD (1Q1900) |
1901 |
Recorded in census in Whites Stables, Troon Street, Ratcliff.2 RG13/ 318 f 43 p 10 |
3rd Jun 1989 |
Died |
Notes
- Notes from Christine Jackson Nov 03
from Ted: During 1st W.War, Mary worked for 'Glanfield', Whitechapel Road, making Army Uniforms (with her sister, Flo; and her younger sister, Millie - when she was old enough)
Between c.1918 and c.1923, Flo, Mary and Millie worked for 'Mr. Lasnick in the East End'
from Pat: when Mary was about 40ish she went to the Tailor & Cutter School
- she studied Design and Pattern Cutting: top of her class
- the Queen's couturier, Norman Hartnell, offered her a job
- but she turned it down to continue working with Millie
notes: White Brothers Stable Yard, etc.
125 White Horse Road, Stepney
Ilford, Essex
Sources
- 1. Family memory
- 2. 1901 Census
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