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Subject: [DEV] Fwd: Re: Re: Trouble reading 1861 census
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:31:08 +1000
> wrote:
>
> If you google lace maker Tiverton you'll get lots of info on the lace
> trade. My ggg gpa was a lace maker as was many of the family. That
> doesn't mean they sat on a chair & wove lace with the bobbins but.
> They worked the machines in the factory. One nephew was a carter in
> the factory. Another was an apprentice carter under a master carter.
> A windlass maker made winches much used on the ships of that time
> which makes it a small step to a different occupation in the same
> environment. He might've become disabled or discovered a talent in
> this area.
> Cheers. Anne from wild windy Cairns, Aus.
>
>
>
> > Thomas R Cole <> wrote:
> >
> > Here's a male lacemaker - the apprenticeship probably lasted until age
>
> > 21.
> >
> > Apprentice - Francis Cole, 13 now of, Tiverton, lacemaker, by, consent
>
> > of
> > his father, Francis Cole.
> > xxxxxx
> > A quick look at the A2A files will reveal many of them across the
> > country.
> > It is a giant leap however for your guy from mariner to lacemaker
> unless
> > he
> > was injured or had a chronic seasickness.
> > xxxxxx
> >
> > >
> > > My first (serious) thought was lacemaker, but weren't lacemakers
> > > typically women, just like dressmakers?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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