- Also known as
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Mary Anne Southard
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primary name: Southard, Mary Anne
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other name: (Mrs) Southard
- Details
- individual; fibre/textile worker; shop/business; British; Female
- Life dates
- -1825
- Address
- 80 Oxford Street, opposite the Pantheon, London
On the Parade, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Biography
- Bill-head in Heal Collection (Heal,86.75) states "Bot. of M.A. Southard, Ladies-Fancy-Dress-Maker, Milliner, Haberdasherr & Child-Bed-Linen Warehouse..." The bill is dated 1796.
Trade card in Banks Collection (D,2.3083) advertises "M.A. Southard, Fancy-Dress Maker to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. Sells every Article of Millinery, Lace, Child Bed, & ready-made Linen..."
Nigel Tattersfield (email Sept 2021): This was Mary Anne Southard, occasionally known as Mrs Southard. She appears to have been the wife of George Southard, haberdasher of 80 Oxford Street, who insured his premises in 1798 (Sun Fire Office records, LMA), although in 1793 the premises had been insured by Mary Anne Southard (again Sun Fire Office records, LMA). Mary Anne Southard had the higher public profile of the two; in The Sun, 15 November 1793, she was applauded for making up numerous flannel waistcoats as a charitable gesture towards 'the Use of the Army abroad'. She advertised 'India Muslins' in the Morning Post, 22 May 1802. Her husband predeceased her. She clearly managed a very prosperous business; by the time of her death late in 1825 she was living in Brompton Square, Kensington and was particularly concerned that a suit of mourning should be provided for 'the coachman who now drives my carriage': National Archives, PROB 11/1701/10, proved 2 January 1826.
