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What was a Scavenger on Vestry please?

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 17 Aug 2009 00:02

Scavenger / Scaleraker 1) Street cleaner 2) Scavenger - also a child employed in a spinning mill to collect loose cotton lying about the floor under machinery

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Caroline

Caroline Report 16 Aug 2009 13:10

Mrs Grumpy (sometimes 525837)
Thank you for that, I had thought it was similar to that, I also think our other two friends (Porkie Pie and Rutland Belle) are spot on too. I knew someone would be able to help :o)
Best wishes,
Caroline.

Caroline

Caroline Report 16 Aug 2009 13:05

Thank you Porkie Pie and Rutland Belle for your very quick replies. Just one more thing would a Scavenger on vestry be the same thing throughout the country, mine was in London.
Kind regards,
Caroline.

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Aug 2009 12:58

One of mine was a vestry labourer. I think vestry is the old term for an area - around the parish church, the old parish boundary maybe. I did try reading up on it once and it is very confusing. Be interested to see if there is someone out there who can explain it to both of us!

According to my dictionary of trades (Colin Waters) a scavenger is a "rubbish collector / nightsoil man".

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 16 Aug 2009 12:56

Copy and paste this into your browser:

http://www.marketharboroughhistoricalsociety.org/Scavenger_Man.pdf

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Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 16 Aug 2009 12:56

He was probably in reciept of poor relief from the parish

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Caroline

Caroline Report 16 Aug 2009 12:52

Hi All,
I knew that my Great, Great Grandfather was a "scavenger" (not the type that would have worked in a wool / cotton mill). On the 1901 census he is listed as a "scavenger on vestry" - any ideas please? Vestry is something to do with churches?
Thanking you all in advance,
Caroline.