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Help with 1841 occupation please

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Elaine

Elaine Report 30 May 2006 15:50

Francis Goulding b 1816 Ireland, living in Lambeth HO107/1061/2 folio 7 page 8 Journeyman ???

Kath

Kath Report 30 May 2006 15:55

Hi It says Journeyman DRAPER regards Kath x

Sam

Sam Report 30 May 2006 15:56

Hi a journeyman is someone who served an appenticeship in a trade or worked as a qualified tradesperson, a journeyman might have become a master with their own business but many remained employed.

Kath

Kath Report 30 May 2006 15:59

Draper = Dealer in fabrics and sewing goods - in use today. From the French 'drap-de-Berry', a woollen cloth coming from Berry in France info from http://rmhh*co*uk/occup/index.html replace stars with . Kath x

Elaine

Elaine Report 30 May 2006 15:59

Thanks Kath - I can see it now !! Doesn´t quite match up with the Francis Goulding (boilermaker) who I am looking for !!

Kath

Kath Report 30 May 2006 16:00

lol Elaine no not quite mate but you never know ;) you can always pm me if you need a fresh pair of eyes lol Tc x Kath x

Julie

Julie Report 30 May 2006 16:01

Elaine I would have say Draper and im always last with the answers

Elaine

Elaine Report 30 May 2006 16:07

Thanks for the offer Kath, but I´ll leave it for now. Am using hubbies computer - family tree on my computer, which has gone in for repair today - so can´t give you full details to work with. Am just going through some certificates that arrived yesterday and trying to find a few more ancestors - at the moment without a lot of luck !!!