Glass Butler

[Jenjnz]

I found this given as an occupation in the 1881 census.

Any ideas as to what it eant??

Jennie

[suzard]

could you give  age and po.b  of the person in census so we can look at the image and see if it has been transcribed correctly??

Suz

[Jenjnz]

James H PERRY aged 15 b. abt 1866  place of birth "Bristol City and County" and living in Bristol
I've looked a the original and it's pretty clear. His brother Albert became a Glass cutter but don't know if the two jobs are connected.

Jennie

[stanmapstone]

As he could not be a Butler in the accepted sense, being only 15, perhaps it is a term used in the local glass making industry for some occupation in the making of glass. Just to point out that he is the only one in the South West of England in the 1881 Census.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

I would think that the enumerator has copied it incorrectly from the Householder's Schedule. I wonder if it could be Glass Beveller?

Stan

[JennieJ]

I think you could be right Stan in thinking it is a job within the glass industry. When I said that Albert became a glass cutter I should perhaps have explained that he did not cut domestic glass but brilliant glass. It was an art form rather than just windows and such.
See this website for the type of work he did    http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/glass98/glass98.htm

Jennie

[poolqwizrd]

or glass bottler