Comments for Vincents.org.uk http://www.vincents.org.uk ...the past of the Vincent family Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on W.D.F. Vincent Tailor, Author, Journalist by Jeff http://www.vincents.org.uk/archives/54#comment-3 Jeff Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:59:32 +0000 http://test.vincents.org.uk/?p=54#comment-3 Links and further reading: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/1893to1898cuttersguide.htm" rel="nofollow">The Cutter's Practical Guide 1893-1898</a> Part of the Costumers Manifesto at www.costumes.org Tailoring of the Belle Epoque Vincent's Systems of Cutting all kinds of Tailor-Made Garments, 1991, R. L. Shep, PO Box 668, Mendoncino, CA 95460 Links and further reading:

The Cutter’s Practical Guide 1893-1898 Part of the Costumers Manifesto at http://www.costumes.org

Tailoring of the Belle Epoque Vincent’s Systems of Cutting all kinds of Tailor-Made Garments, 1991, R. L. Shep, PO Box 668, Mendoncino, CA 95460

]]> Comment on W.D.F. Vincent Tailor, Author, Journalist by Jeff http://www.vincents.org.uk/archives/54#comment-2 Jeff Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:56:14 +0000 http://test.vincents.org.uk/?p=54#comment-2 <h5>Further notes by J Vincent (great grandson):</h5> William Deskett Foot Vincent (spelling taken from his Indenture) Indentured to Frederick Cooper of Yeovil in August 1873 "with the consent of his said father and of his own free will" as an apprentice Woollen Draper and Clothier for four years <a href="?attachment_id=17" rel="nofollow">Advert for Fred Coopers shop</a> from the Whitby's Almanack of 1884 From 1901 census (birth years +/- one) at Percy Road, Shepherds Bush WDFV profession or ocupation listed as Editor ("Tailor & Cutter") Author Florence (b 1860) Daughters: Elizabeth (b 1881) and Mary (b 1897) Sons: William (b 1887) and Leslie (b 1893) This is a work in progress and will be added to as I gather more information. Further notes by J Vincent (great grandson):

William Deskett Foot Vincent (spelling taken from his Indenture)

Indentured to Frederick Cooper of Yeovil in August 1873 “with the consent of his said father and of his own free will” as an apprentice Woollen Draper and Clothier for four years

Advert for Fred Coopers shop from the Whitby’s Almanack of 1884

From 1901 census (birth years +/- one) at Percy Road, Shepherds Bush
WDFV profession or ocupation listed as Editor (“Tailor & Cutter”) Author
Florence (b 1860)
Daughters: Elizabeth (b 1881) and Mary (b 1897)
Sons: William (b 1887) and Leslie (b 1893)

This is a work in progress and will be added to as I gather more information.

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