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Rly Car Finishr?

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Tawny

Tawny Report 24 Feb 2010 19:29

Thank you for telling me where he most likely worked.

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

AllanC

AllanC Report 23 Feb 2010 22:32

Hanslope suggests that he worked in the Wolverton works of the London & North Western Railway, about 3 miles from Hanslope. Both Hanslope and Wolverton are now part of Milton Keynes.
Some railway carriages were known as cars (sleeping car, dining car, etc), or 'car' may have been an abbreviation for 'carriage'.
If you're after more information you could try the National Railway Museum, (Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ phone: 08448 153139 or email: [email protected])

Tawny

Tawny Report 23 Feb 2010 19:03

He lived in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire.

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 21 Feb 2010 19:20

Where did he live? The reason I ask is that Tube Trains were known as Cars

(And still are - e.g. move down the car)

Tawny

Tawny Report 21 Feb 2010 18:19

Thank you both for replying

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 21 Feb 2010 18:18

I too would say Railway Car Finisher.

Kath. x

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 21 Feb 2010 18:16

Yes, I would say Railway Car Finisher.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Tawny

Tawny Report 21 Feb 2010 18:11

On the 1901 census one of my ancestors jobs is given as Apprentic Rly Car Finishr. Anyone any ideas on what Rly could be? Is it railway as his father was a railway labourer on the 1911 census.

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.