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It sounds like your relles were conected to the ship building industry. As the date you gave is in the middle of the time when they (ships) were changing from wood to iron. and the enginewright was in high demand. to them it was cutting edge stuff to have steam powerd iron craft.

Peter the marriage was in 1839 and the groom was a shipwright and the brides father the enginewright Maureen

Depending on the date we could be talking Stame engines and beam pumps as the building of these were looked at in the same way ships were built as in shipwright

Thankyou all for your replies I like Walters best itis nice to think someone in my family had a well paid job regards to all Maureen

Hi Maureen, Wright - Skilled workman, especially in constructing items. Used together with the trade i.e. wheelwright From brilliant site at http://rmhh*co.uk/occup/e.html Replace the * with . Debbie

A Wright would be someone who makes something. For example Wainwright would make Wagons. (Hay Wains) Wheelwright Wheels It comes from the same root as Wrought, (iron) which is iron shaped.

A term that has gone out of use over the last 40/50 year He was usually the second most senior mechanical engineer (TIME SERVED ie via an Apprenceship of 7 years) in any large heavy engineering works or coal mine who had gained promotion by ability rather than by Qualification. From the 1950,s onwards Mechanical Engineers with degrees (BsC, MsC,s etc) began entering Heavy Industry and slowly superceded these "ENGINEWRIGHTS" Any one called an Enginewright in days gone by could be considered to be a reasonably senior Mechanical Engineer/Fitter holding a relatively well paid job

possibly worked on engines..maybe large steam engines....mill or mines maybe.. a reference to enginewright on a site..says was to do with engines..cables etc on a coal mine..dangerous ocupation maybe search..enginewright on yahoo turned it up..hope it helps

Hi Maureen I would think it would be someone who is involved with the making and repairing of engines Jeanette x

Does anyone know what an enginewright is? I have recently received a marriage certificate and the fathers occupation is listed enginewright