Records of plumbers apprenticships

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Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	Boaksie	Report	4 Oct 2009 09:06
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	Hi everybody I am trying to clarify where my ancestor George Boakes was during the 1841 census. On his 1847 marriage certificate he is shown as being a plumber so I am guessing he would be a plumbers apprentice in 1841. Does anyone know of anywhere that I could access this kind of reocrd online? Much thanks Amanda
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	Boaksie	Report	4 Oct 2009 09:33
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	I didnt know that! I do think it was the other type though because his son George, his grandson Albert are also both listed as plumbers in the 1881, 1891, and 1901 census.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 42 Send Message	Gillian	Report	4 Oct 2009 20:05
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 42 Send Message	I come from a long line of plumbers and stonemasons. Dad was a regular plumber as we know them, but could also make old fashioned windows with lead and things for chimneys on thatched roofs. His dad taught him, and one of grandads jobs was roofing Sherborne Abbey with lead in 1900 ish. The job evolved over the years as building changed. Grandad moved to a north dorset village where they had shared wells and outside earth closets when he moved in. The village was modernised for running water and water closets.