Tag: history
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Life in St James Churchyard: Home and Business
The 1841 Census records Robert and his family living in St James Churchyard, a bustling area of shops and houses surrounding the graveyard of St James Priory and the nearby Haymarket. More precisely, Pigot’s Directory of Gloucestershire (1842 and 1844) lists Robert’s business premises at 6 St James Parade. The earliest map of this area,…
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Robert Milsted: A Hat Maker in 19th-Century Bristol
Robert Milsted’s Move to Bristol and Hat-Making Trade Sometime before 1820, Robert Milsted moved from Cornwall to Bristol and found employment as a hat maker. Wearing a cap or hat was an essential feature of 19th-century etiquette, indicating social and economic class as well as marital status. For instance, a man wearing a top hat…
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The Milsted Family and Their Connection to Cornwall
Albert Milsted’s Early Life Albert was born in 1826 to Robert and Elizabeth Milsted in the city of Bristol. It is uncertain when and why Robert moved to Bristol from his home county of Cornwall. Having searched birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial, and census records, two other Milsted families (both heads of the family named…
Albert Milsted: A Man of Victorian Reinvention 