As a poor weaver, however, her father did not have enough money to pay the customary dowry expected of a candidate, so she was not admitted.
His father was a poor weaver who had left Silesia and moved to Saxony to maintain his Protestant faith; Christian's education was paid for by his godfather.
Lakshmi (Saranya) is the daughter-in-law of a poor weaver in Thoothukudi.
Mr. Carnegie, who was born a poor weaver's son in Scotland, built one of the great industrial empires of the 19th century - Carnegie Steel.
One day three wealthy students find a poor weaver and give him one hundred dollars.
His father Ralph was a poor weaver who had been the youngest of fourteen children, and found work in Rochdale.
Kalu, the poor weaver, loves her, but only the wealthiest of eligible young men can ask for her hand in marriage.
Imagine a boy born in 1842, the fifth child of 14 in a poor weaver's family.
He was born at Auzon (Haute-Loire), the son of a poor weaver, and went to French America to seek his fortune.
No one will trouble with a poor weaver and his family.