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Thanks to all who have replied. Please let Maiden Stone know that I'm not interested in thread counts.
I live in Adelaide, South Australia, and I read French News every day because I have a PhD in French history and I like to stay in touch. I chanced upon an unrelated link (rootschat) in which Lydart was trying to decipher a strange word in her ancestor's job description. When Lydart finished her -whatever it is you call it- she was satisfied with an explanation - deciphering- that was clearly incorrect. I simply tried to help.

I'm not interested in your larger conversation. I just tried to help someone with a translation problem. Maiden Stone seems to have not appreciated what I was trying to do. I have no interest in whatever Maiden Stone is doing and Maiden Stone has certainly not inspired me to take an interest. Best wishes to all of you.

Lydart

A while ago you asked for help regarding an uncle's (?) occupation, recorded in 1939. Best guess was that he was a Food Can Material Layout Supervisor and Engineering Clerk.  The troubling word is not "Material" but "Molinal". This is a rare word, and it means "of the mill". Derived from Latin, it exists more or less in the French word "moulin". Your relative was a "Food Can Molinal Layout Supervisor.