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1860 United States Federal Census
Home in 1860: Nabers, Pickens, Alabama
Post Office: Pickensville
Washington Eiland 52 , sailor
Amy Eiland 42 , mantua maker
Mary A Eiland 22 mantua maker
Angeline Eiland 20 mantua maker
MANTUA MAKER: The earliest mantuas emerged in the late 1600s as a comfortable alternative to the boned bodices and separate skirts then widely worn. By the mid-1700s the mantua had become a formal fashion worn almost exclusively at Court. In the mid-1800s, almost every small town in America seemed to boast a milliner and a mantua maker in their business directories. What seems to have transpired is that although dresses could be made at home, mantua making had established the right to exist as a WOB (women-owned business), so as more women set up shop as dressmakers, they did so under the title of mantua maker. Eventually the title changed and seamstresses began calling themselves dressmakers instead.

1850 United States Federal Census
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Southern District, Pickens, Alabama
Washington Eiland 42, sailor, Ga
Amy Eiland 33 , SC
Sarah Eiland 15 , Ms
Mary Eiland 14 , Al
Angeline Eiland 11, Al
Josephine Eiland 8 , Al