SHAW Ancestor by occupation-Painter

[shaw.shoo]

My ancestor John Shaw b 1824 in Devonshire (somewhere) emigrated to Canada (?when?) married 1873 and on his marriage record his occupation is noted as a painter. Since he was not too young of a man...I presume he may have been a painter in Devonshire. 

Is there a place where one can search for surnames by occupation. Maybe I can find him that way.

[Karina001]

The Trade Directories tended to be area specific. So unless you were able to pin point in what area John lived you'd have to look in every parish in Devon.

I had a quick look on the 1851 census and found a John Shaw on there. Born Chudleigh, Devon in 1829. He was noted on the census as being a Plumber, but his brother William was a Painter. His Fathers name was also William b.1795 in Chudleigh, he was married but there was no womans name on the Census

This is a possible to maybe look into further.

[Karina001]

I've just had another thought   

You could request a names search on the DFHS website.

The DFHS have transcribed many of the Devon Parish records and sell them in Booklet form. To save money and time they offer a service where you can specify a surname to search, they then email you a PFD file containing all Baptism/Marriage and Burial of the specified surname. It only costs a few pounds and I've found it invaluable.

http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/about.htm

I did a search on the name Shaw and it came up with:

55 Baptisms from 1813 - 1839
57 marriages from 1754 - 1812 and
34 marriages from 1813 - 1837

http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/surnames.htm

[shaw.shoo]

Hi Karina,
many thanks for your input. I shall keep the idea of Trades Directory in mind, in case I find a more specific area for my John.

Yes, the John you found on 1851 Census has been sent to me already but no mention of brother William being a painter. This John could definitely be in the 'consider' list.  I looked in an atlas I have of Britian and found that Chudleigh is in Devon...so at least I'm in the right county.

RE: the DFHS site..I have been on so many site with wonderful information. but unfortunately some you have to pay for...which I fully understand. But since I use public access internet and my time is limited, it just doesn't work for me. BUT thank you for your searches and I shall keep this info on hand in case I find more resources to search.