Hi all,
I may have posted this query before but it would have been a while ago. I've had the same query on the Rootsweb British Hatters mailing list for the past 2 years, a not a nibble

This is the big stumbling block in my husband's family so I would love some advice please.
I'm looking for John Wood and his wife Lucy. According to his childrens' baptismal records (at St Saviour's,
Southwark) John was married to Lucy, and was a hatter. The children
were baptised between 1801 and 1811:
John Mallett WOOD b. 1801 bap. 1801
Matthew Crompton WOOD b. 1802 bap. 1805
Mary Ann WOOD b. 1805 bap. 1805
Amelia WOOD b. 1809 bap. 1811
I think I may have found John in
the St Olave's Union Workhouse in Southwark/Bermondsey in 1841, aged
65, born in county, but no Lucy. I have never found a marriage for
John and Lucy, I had the London Met Archives search St Saviour's
parish records but no luck.
There is a John WOOD, hat tip maker, shown on Snowsfields in
Bermondsey in the 1838 Pigot's directory, which I suspect might be my
man (although I don't know what a hat tip maker actually did).
I would love some advice on where to look for more information
about John. As far as I know, none of his children followed him into
the profession, so I don't have anything else to go on apart from what
I've posted here.
I'd appreciate any help and advice you can give me!
Thank you!
Prue