Sentences with phrase «lace workers»

It was in the 1800s that English lace workers settled in Normandy with small bulldogs.

In the mid-1800s, these dogs were brought to France by displaced lace workers who emigrated in search of better jobs.

While theories abound about the exact origin of the French Bulldog, the most prevalent opinion is that around the mid-1800s Normandy lace workers from England took smaller bulldogs with them when they sought work in France.

In the early 1800s, Normandy lace workers from England set off to find work in France.

Originally bred in England, the Frenchie was developed in the 1800s as companions for lace workers according to the American Kennel Club.

They actually originated in England and were introduced to France by immigrant lace workers.

The most prevalent is that it originates from the miniature bulldog that was brought to France by Nottingham lace workers during the industrial revolution.

The French Bulldog was developed in France by lace workers who moved to Normandy from England.

It's not entirely sure why they became popular with the workers, but when the lace workers became displaced by the Industrial Revolution they took their craft and their dogs across the English Channel to France (hence the name.)

When many of the lace workers of the region went to France for work in the mid-1800s, they took their «toy» bulldogs with them.

During the industrial revolution, lace workers displaced by the rise of machines moved about Europe looking for work, and in the shuffle, their little Bulldogs ended up in France, where they were immediately popular.

Miniature English Bulldogs were a popular trend in England at the time and they accompanied the lace workers on their journey.

In the farming communities north of France that the lace workers settled in, the little bulldogs became very popular as ratters and loyal family companions and their population began to swell.