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I have just been looking for an extended family member in 1911 and found that he is a blacksmith, connected to a greengrocer.
I can't understand that combination.
Any thoughts anyone?

He is Daniel PEAK b. Gloucestershire living in Lancashire.

Name: Daniel Peak
Age in 1911: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Ince in Makerfield
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 106 Warrington Rd Lower Ince
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Blacksmith
Registration district: Wigan
Registration District Number: 458
Sub-registration district: Hindley
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Piece: 23045
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel Peak 45
Mary Jane Peak 38

Hi Gwyn, I think it's quite feasible that he was a "blacksmith and greengrocer" as the original image says. He worked from home so may well have sold fruit and veg to supplement income, especially if he grew it himself.

My great grandad was a Miner and greengrocer he worked down the pit and also had his own small holding where he grew veg and then sold the veg from the house

Roy

Daniel lived in a town , so not much room for growing veg.and has previously been seen as a blacksmith and today I have found him in parish registers online, still a blacksmith after the census.
Perhaps his childless wife ran the greengrocers ?

Gwyn

Gwyn, your OP shows the address as 106 Warrington Rd Lower Ince,

I no this area and i can say that their is still and was in 1911 plenty of open spaces where he could have grown veg

I would not class it as a town in the context of being densely populated

look it up on google map, then go to street view

Roy

OK Roy. Thanks for that....Will do.

Gwyn

his main occupation was blacksmith on his marriages but many people did have a 'sideline' which perhaps their wives ran

Marriage: 27 May 1893 St Mary, Ince, Lancashire, England
Daniel Peak - 27 Blacksmith Bachelor of Chorley Street
Mary Jane Lowe - 21 Spinster of William Street
Groom's Father: Daniel Peak, deceased, Sawyer
Bride's Father: Samuel Lowe, Collier
Witness: Robert Lowe; Rosa Wilford
Married by Banns by: Thos. Taylor Incumbent
Register: Marriages 1888 - 1897, Page 149, Entry 298
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

Marriage: 30 Apr 1913 St Mary, Ince, Lancashire, England
Daniel Peak - 46 Blacksmith Widower of 106 Warrington Road
Clara Beatrice Readdy - 34 Widow of 5 Brynn Street
Groom's Father: Daniel Peak, deceased, Sawyer
Bride's Father: John Lunn, deceased, Stocktaker
Witness: Frederick Hope; Jane Hope
Married by Banns by: J. A. Cooil
Register: Marriages 1905 - 1915, Page 197, Entry 394
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

Ann
I think that's probably what was happening in this family.

Thank you for the very full records.... Not much gap between wives....barely 6 months.

Gwyn

'Not much gap between wives....barely 6 months'

not sure what you mean here - there was 20 years between his 1st & 2nd marriages

edit

sorry just realised what you meant - 6mths between death of st and marriage to 2nd!
Put it down to the fact it is time for sleep