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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 833 Send Message	Tc	Report	24 Aug 2003 11:16
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 833 Send Message	Please could someone check for Miles Corner Locker (born 1859) at Whitby North Riding Yorkshire and any family Many thanks Rod
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sian	Report	24 Aug 2003 14:25
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Rod These are probably yours: 1891 St Mary, Whitby, Yorkshire RG12/3994 folio64 Church Street, Crowthers(?) Buildings Miles Locker head 36 (occupation difficult to read could be let/lap worker/maker????) Keziah Locker wife 30 Annie Locker dau 11 scholar Keziah Locker dau 10 scholar Phoebe Locker dau 4 scholar Florence Locker 2 all born Whitby Regards Sian
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 40 Send Message	Paula	Report	24 Aug 2003 14:52
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 40 Send Message	Miles was a jet worker(lapidary)? What ever that means!! Paula
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,692 Send Message	Janet	Report	24 Aug 2003 23:28
	Lapidary is to do with stones, especially semi precious ones. Jet was a stone much liked by the Victorians for mourning jewellery. So he probably prepared the stones for the jewellers. Jan.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	MaggyfromWestYorkshire	Report	24 Aug 2003 23:32
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	If I remember right, Whitby is famous for its Jet. Maggy, West Yorkshire