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Occupation Interests / Re: Do you have corkcutter ancestors?
« on: Saturday 17 June 06 15:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello again, Scots lady Anne! I didn't think you were particularly abrupt ... just to the point.
Right, the address of 'Corkcutter' is the name of a lady called Cheryl who is compiling a list of all corkcutters and it was she who started this 'Do you have corkcutter ancestors?' trail. She has a list of hundreds of names and also companies who did corkcutting.
Going back to the Scottish bit ... the other side of my family came from Scotland, name of Swan, forget which tartan they were in but it could be Macmillan. Do you have any Swans in your family?
And lastly, although I now live in Rome, I will be visiting some dear friends who live in Bridge of Allan in August. Anywhere near you?
Nice to have met you online. Netta

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Occupation Interests / Re: Do you have corkcutter ancestors?
« on: Saturday 17 June 06 11:08 BST (UK)  »
No, I have no ancestor corkcutters moving from Dublin to Edinburgh ... but probably somebody knows all about it. Did you write to 'corkcutter'? She is the lady who is the expert and is compiling a list of all firms and corkcutters.
Good luck with your research.
Netta (Antonette)

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Occupation Interests / Re: Do you have corkcutter ancestors?
« on: Thursday 08 June 06 18:38 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Cheryl. The Farringdon Road corkcutting firm was probably the right bet as he lived just off Farringdon Road.
After he was discharged from the Army in 1916 he went back to cork cutting because that is the occupation written on his death certificate 9 years later. So he must have felt it was a worthwhile trade and paid sufficiently well to live on.
I am in touch with a lady who helps people find their ancestors who lived in Little Italy and were Italian immigrants. She does this through St Peter's, the Italian Church in Clerkenwell Road. It was her idea for me to get in touch with you and concerning the person whose ancestor wrote 'cork cutter' and 'tobacco manufacturer', she wondered if he could have been involved in cork-tipped cigarettes! She pointed out that the Craven A company was quite close by in Mornington Crescent.
Thanks again, Antonette

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Occupation Interests / Re: Do you have corkcutter ancestors?
« on: Thursday 08 June 06 13:25 BST (UK)  »
I am coming up with a completely new name for your records, because it is my grandfather, who was born in France of Italian parents. His name was Antonio (Anthony) Canini. He went to London for his mother's health in about 1896/97 (she died in 1898) and in the 1901 census, under the name of Camini, my grandfather is listed as cork cutter at the age of 17, living in Clerkenwell (Little Italy). I wonder how he came to be introduced to the trade. HIs father owned street organs and had been a musician/itinerant entertainer all his life. Obviously when my grandfather arrived in England he had to learn first of all the language. He would have been about 13 at the time.
He later volunteered in 1915 and was taken into the 6th London Regiment, received a gunshot wound in the head in 1916 and was discharged, and died in Scotland 9 years later as a result of the wound. HIs address was given as Cross Street, Essex Road, London.
Have you come across him before? Many thanks for all the information I have gathered so far from this site. Thanks very much, Antonette

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