Genealogy Chat

Hello,

Anyone know what a Sheet Iron Priler is I have never heard the word Priler ???

Thank you

Mary

Is that taken from a transcription?

if so then check the actual image

Roy

Tried a search on Ancestry for 'Sheet Iron Priler ' and it comes up several times, so must be a genuine term/
Jan

Priler is not listed in any old occupations sites that i use

just because it comes up on ancestry several time does not mean it's correct

Roy

I know, but there are over 25 people with this in their occupation, all related to metal industry (usually sheet iron) so I really think it meant something at the time. I agree it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere though.
Jan

Hello

I checked the image on the 1881 census and it does look like Priler but I cannot find it listed anywhere else on the occupations sites I've found

Mary

Jan, thats why looking at the actual image is very important,

No point looking for an occupation if the transcriptions are wrong

My surname is mistranscribed on several sites on more occasions than i could possibly count and all with the same mistranscription fault


Roy

Mary, In that case i would suggest that he was a "sheet iron worker" that did a particular job related to it's production that was not recognised as an occupation/profession in it's own right

Roy

I wonder if anyone out there might know? There is a Black Country Forum which might be worth posting on as quite a few of the men with this job seemed to be there:

http://blackcountrymuse.webs.com/apps/forums/

Jan

I did look at the images Roy!! They clearly say Priler. Give me some credit for a bit of sense please.
Jan

Having looked at several census's where the iron worker is described as a Priler i notice they all appear to be young men?

I wonder if Priler was a term used like a nickname within that trade to describe an apprentice iron worker ?

Roy

Hello Porkie_Pie,

You could be right the person in my tree was only 15 when listed as a Priler in 1881 then in 1891 he was a Metal worker

Regards

Mary

I'm looking at the Staffs 1881 image of Thomas Wedge, a 15 y o Sheet Iron Priler [rg11/2817/27/1].
Other occups on image are Furnaceman, Fitter, Puddler, and Sash Pulley Caster.
Both Ancestry and FMP transcribe him as "Priler", accurately I think.

However, I'm inclined to think he's a Sheet Iron Filer, and the mistranscription is down to the enumerator mistranscribing the census sheet he collected from the Wedges.

Hello,

Thomas Wedge is the person on my tree listed as a Priler I've been on the link tohttp://blackcountrymuse.webs.com/apps/forums/ what Jan gve me ao I'll see if anyone there knows about it

Regards

Mary

Might be connected:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prill

prill [pr?l]
vb
(Chemistry) (tr) to convert (a material) into a granular free-flowing form
n
(Chemistry) prilled material
..................................[originally a Cornish copper-mining term, of obscure origin]

On the same lines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prilled

'Prilled is a term used in mining and manufacturing to refer to product that has been pelletized. The pellets are a neater, simpler form for handling, with reduced dust'

Clicking on pelletized:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelletizing

'Pelletizing of iron ore

Iron ore pellets are spheres of typically 8–18 mm (0.31–0.71 in) to be used as raw material for blast furnaces. They typically contain 67%-72% Fe and various additional material adjusting the chemical composition and the metallurgic properties of the pellets.[1] Typically limestone, dolostone and olivine is added and Bentonite is used as binder.

The process of pelletizing combines mixing of the raw material, forming the pellet and a thermal treatment baking the soft raw pellet to hard spheres. The raw material is rolled into a ball, then fired in a kiln to sinter the particles into a hard sphere.

The configuration of iron ore pellets as packed spheres in the blast furnace allows air to flow between the pellets, decreasing the resistance to the air that flows up through the layers of material during the sme The configuration of iron ore powder in a blast furnace is more tightly-packed and restricts the air flow. This is the reason that iron ore is preferred in the form of pellets rather than in the form of finer particles.'

What a happenstance, eh - I just picked your Thos as he was the last one listed.


You ought to check the local indexes at http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd

E.g., using http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/
West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1862
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
WEDGE Thomas ALDRIDGE Hannah West Bromwich, All Saints Sandwell Register Office 22/9/393