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Week 18: My ancestor was a straw plaiter/straw hat maker

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  • Week 18: My ancestor was a straw plaiter/straw hat maker

    Week 18: Straw plaiter, straw hat maker



    This is an opportunity to showcase a straw plaiter or straw hat maker from your family tree, you might want to offer a short biography and speak about their work eg
    Name
    Birth location/date
    Family background
    Where you've found them on the census
    Their workplace/employer
    Any tips on researching this occupation?

    [Next week: Pottery worker]

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    My father-in-law who died last year made straw hats and sold them around Zennor and St. Ives in Cornwall whilst eluding the law as a conscientious objector from WW2.

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