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- Jane Andras
- Also known as
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Jane Andras
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primary name: Andras, Jane
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other name: Carter, Jane
- Details
- individual; fibre/textile worker; shop/business; British; Female
- Life dates
- c.1767-1854
- Address
- No.1, Grove, Bath
No.3, Augusta Place, Weymouth
- Biography
- Trade card in Banks Collection (D,2.3121) advertises recto: "Andras...Milliner, Mantua, Fancy Dress and Pelise Maker, to her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses." and verso: "June 4th, 1802. J. Andras having opened her Shop for the Season at No.3, Augusta-Place, Weymouth, solicits continuation of those favours it will be her highest ambition to merit, by having at all times a variety of fashionable Articles, which she is determined to sell on the most reasonable terms."
Nigel Tattersfield (email Oct 2021): Jane Andras (nee Carter) was born c.1767, married 1791, died 1854 (dates from Bath Record Office). She was trading from The Grove, Bath, from at least 1796 when she advertised her 'Fancy Dress' shop in the Bath Chronicle, 1 December 1796. Three years later she added the description 'Milliner to her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses' to her advertising; Bath Chronicle, 12 December 1799. By 1801 she had also established herself at Weymouth (Bath Chronicle, 7 May 1801), from whence she submitted a number of invoices to George, Prince of Wales for a 'Muslin Dress Frock' and various trimmings for hats and bonnets, all for Princess Charlotte; 4 September 1800, 12 September 1802, Royal Collections Trust, GEO/MAIN/33158 and 33210. In 1808 she moved her Bath premises to 37 Milsom Street, where she was joined by her husband John Andras who traded as a parcel depot and ticket office for pleasure and packet boats plying the Kennet and Avon Canal; Bath Chronicle, 15 December 1808. The same source, 14 December 1809, appears to indicate her retirement from the millinery business, although two daughters, Penelope and Sophia, were both active as milliners in Weymouth in later years