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APPRENTICE SILK MERCHANT

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Annie

Annie Report 26 May 2006 10:07

I have on the 1901 census somebody having the occupation of Apprentice Silk Merchant....this would have been in London. Would anyone know where I may find a record of this apprenticeship and what it involved? Many thanks Annie

BR

BR Report 26 May 2006 10:48

You could try ' googling ', also the City of London Guildhall site.

Heather

Heather Report 26 May 2006 10:51

A 'silk merchant' - this is a rare sort of occupation and I wonder if there was an established apprenticeship? May be he just went along with the boss? Is the boss related? What a lovely job to have - I expect you had to travel all over the world to the far east/china - must have been so exciting.