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Would anyone be able to explain...
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Sylvie | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:22 |
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what a whitesmith does please. Thanks Sylvie |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:24 |
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I've got one of those too! He's a metal worker - working with white metals, ie tin. My one popped up as a locksmith on one of the census returns too. Think of goldsmith, silversmith etc. Jill |
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Researching: |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:25 |
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Works with light coloured metal, like tin -like a blacksmith Jay |
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Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:25 |
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Sylvie It's a worker in white metals, i.e. tin etc. Angela |
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Sylvie | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:27 |
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Many thanks girls.. do you think my whitesmith could be a farrier 10 years later.. seems probable to me otherwise I've got another question .... |
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Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:30 |
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That seems compatible, if everything else fits! Angela |
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Sylvie | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:36 |
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Hello Angela - thanks the only other person has what looks like M.S. in occupation in 1841 (didnt know what that meant) but my man is a farrier in 51 - do you think its the whitesmith |
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Victoria | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:45 |
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Hi Sylvie MS is Man Servant and a farrier is a man who shoes horses. Victoria |
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Sylvie | Report | 4 Sep 2006 00:49 |
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thanks Victoria, I knew what a farrier was/is just didn't know about the m.s... think my farrier must have been the white smith..thanks to all who responded Sylvie |
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