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Title: jagger
Post by: kenith on Monday 02 July 07 20:22 BST (UK)

Does anyone know the nickname Jagger and what does it refer to? It may have connections with the docks on the Thames.
                           Ken

Title: Re: jagger
Post by: ricky1 on Monday 02 July 07 20:24 BST (UK)

Hi Ken

Jagger
1) Fish peddler 2) 19c. Boy in charge of "jags" or truck trains in a coal mine 3) Man attending pack-horses carrying iron ore to the smelter 4) 20c. Uniformed messenger for London businesses


Also
a Fish peddler/carrier or carter
regards

ricky

Title: Re: jagger
Post by: Torakite on Thursday 16 February 12 10:59 GMT (UK)

Hello, I recently got some new information on this line of my family so have taken it up again and found your post.

Henry John Smith and Louisa Anne Hobbs are my GGG Grandparents

My grandma says she used to call their son "Jagger Bull" instead of grandad. She says his father was a pianist and mother was an opera singer but took to the drink and the children got taken away and put in Bernados. Apparently he went on to become a rag and bone man then a sailor then worked on the docks. (I'm not sure whether this story is in the right generation) If you can shed light on this that would be great. Didn't know about a drowning in the thames so will investigate.

Tora