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A SHIP-WRIGHT ANCESTER

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Dean

Dean Report 7 Dec 2008 16:36

thanks sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 7 Dec 2008 01:38

You may be able to find the papers that he signed binding him to his master for the period of his apprenticeship. He would have had a copy, and his master the same .... just depends on who got the papers and what happened to them.


Have you found him on any census at the age when he would have been an apprentice??? You might find that he was living in his master's house.


My husband's Welsh grandfather was apprenticed as a cabinet maker .......... fortunately the family kept the apprenticeship papers, even had them framed. And I have found him on a census living with his master.



sylvia

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Dean

Dean Report 6 Dec 2008 15:27

HI, I HAVE AN ANCESTER WHO WAS A SHIP-WRIGHT IN HULL B 1858 WILL THERE BE ANY RECORDS OF HIM BEING A APPRENTICE & WHERE HE WORKED AND WHERE DO I LOOK, COULD ANYONE PUT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.