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Beaver Blower
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Sue | Report | 17 Oct 2005 09:23 |
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I've got a fair smattering of Clickers and Leather dyers (from 3 different lines of the family) But the one that concerns me is Hawker, I can just imagine her with pegs and Lucky heather! Suex |
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Heather | Report | 17 Oct 2005 09:38 |
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A hawker was anyone who sold items in the street, so she may not have been a peg seller, possibly fruit, veg, anything. |
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Kim | Report | 17 Oct 2005 09:55 |
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I had a two year old boy described as a 'mischief 'occupation on the census. Kim |
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Unknown | Report | 17 Oct 2005 10:07 |
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What about the Furious Knitters of Dent, Cumbria? The whole village spent all their spare minutes knitting socks. |
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Julie | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:26 |
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I'm not making it up honest.. but I have a Lengthsman !!! they apparently walked the length of Rivers and waterways to check that the banks were ok and the waterways were clear to let barges and boats through. Julie |
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Merry | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:28 |
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Roy, Your rellie, the sewage flusher, must have worked alongside my hubby's rellie, who was the ''Urinal Cleaner for the Parish''!! merry |
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Timothy | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:30 |
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Cheers Heather. Yes it had baker written next to journeyman, would that mean he just delivered the bread or did he travel to different places to make the bread. Thank you Tim in Oz |
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Jane | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:34 |
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Tim, Journeyman means that he was 'qualified' - not necessarily that he travelled. An apprenticeship usually preceeded the designation 'journeyman' - and you might be able to find his indentures (document of agreement to take him as an apprentice). When he'd 'done the advanced course' he would have been a 'master baker'. I'm not sure whether there was a formal process or whether time / experience counted. Regs Jane |
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Heather | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:39 |
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Tim, unlikely he travelled, just got paid for the work he did at a bakers. As Jane said above when he became a Master Baker he would probably had his own premises and employed others. |
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Timothy | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:56 |
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G/day Jane and Heather, Thank you both for your info on the meaning of Journeyman. Cheers have a great day, Tim in Oz |
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gails37 | Report | 17 Oct 2005 13:31 |
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Hi, There is a C. after traveller, so it could mean 'commercial'. Gail |
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Angela | Report | 17 Oct 2005 13:34 |
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I think I read somewhere that a 'Journeyman' (I have a Journeyman Plumber) was someone who worked on a sort of freelance basis for a certain rate per job rather than working for a boss for a salary. |
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David | Report | 17 Oct 2005 15:30 |
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A traveller was also a gypsy or fairground traveller |
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Sue | Report | 17 Oct 2005 15:32 |
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Yes David, exactly!!! Not my side of the family I hasten to add! Suex PS No offence meant to any Gypsies! |
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Jane | Report | 17 Oct 2005 15:43 |
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Can't resist an occupation I just came across today when looking round 1861 Manchester for a rellie: Philosophical tin maker! |
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Heather | Report | 17 Oct 2005 15:58 |
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Yes, likely a commercial traveller as I have the c in brackets after my ancestors name in other census. |
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