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Can Anyone Help With Occ. Spellings???
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Kelly | Report | 21 Jul 2006 17:41 |
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i have the following words in occupation in census: Cot self acting minder, Card rm. hd. cot, doffer cotton does anyone know what kind of jobs these are???? kelly |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 21 Jul 2006 17:46 |
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No idea,but they must be worth at least 3 ag labs each.LOL Seriously though,any clues in the occupations of the neighbours?Is the census taken in town or in a village. Glen |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 21 Jul 2006 17:48 |
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Hang on,there not jobs in a cotton mill are they. Machine minder? Weaving machines often used cards to produce a pattern,and used cards as an early form of 'programme' to tell the machine the pattern. Glen |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 21 Jul 2006 17:55 |
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Sounds like textile industry to me - carding is a process isn't it - in the card or carding room? Doffing also a manufacturing process, I think. Is it Lancashire? jay |
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Kelly | Report | 21 Jul 2006 17:56 |
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They did live in Preston, so cotton is probably it. |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 21 Jul 2006 18:04 |
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You might even find that the house was built for or by the mill owner to house some of the workforce. The mills produced cotton,and some had weaving sheds that turned the thread into finished cloth,worth a google i would think,you might find something for the mills in the area at the time. Glen |
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CanadianCousin | Report | 21 Jul 2006 18:47 |
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The 'self acting minder' rang a bell, as this had come up on a thread a couple of months ago. I got the following definition from http://rmhh(.)co.uk/occup/index.html (found through Google): Self acting minder / Self action minder 'Watched and minded the 'Self Acting Mule' - the name of a multi thread spinning machine. The original Mule was hand operated and was invented by Samuel Crompton of Bolton in 1779. It was made self-acting by Richard Roberts in 1830. ' Tim |
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CanadianCousin | Report | 21 Jul 2006 18:55 |
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From the same site: Doffer 'Worked in the spinning mills, replenishing the empty bobbins on the looms.' Cardroomer 'Worker in the carding room of cotton/woollen mills' Card Maker '1) Made the combs and implements for carding (combing) wool 2) Made the loom-cards used by Jacquard looms in the weaving of figured fabrics' There is more information on this site - it's well worth a look. Tim |
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Christina | Report | 21 Jul 2006 19:43 |
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The 'hd' bit means 'hand' - another word for worker. Christina |
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