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Title: Wheelwright
Post by: jadis on Sunday 13 August 06 23:08 BST (UK)

What is a Wheelwright? :)

Title: Re: Wheelwright
Post by: nanny jan on Sunday 13 August 06 23:27 BST (UK)

A wheelwright made wheels for carts, wagons, carriages etc.

Nanny Jan

Title: Re: Wheelwright
Post by: jadis on Monday 14 August 06 17:28 BST (UK)

Thanks very much!!! ;D

Title: Re: Wheelwright
Post by: julie64 on Monday 14 August 06 18:38 BST (UK)

Or for use in mills.

My ancestors were millwrights / wheelwrights / gear maintenance engineers for several generations, and used any one of these occupations on census entries.

Julie

Title: Re: Wheelwright
Post by: DianaM on Tuesday 15 August 06 10:41 BST (UK)

That's really interesting Julie, because my ggg-grandfather was a miller and his son-in-law a wheelwright.  I'd always assumed their occupations were unconnected, but perhaps not?
Thanks for that
Diana