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Offline bob2392

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De-Coding Occupation
« on: Saturday 13 June 09 10:25 BST (UK) »
Hello All

I have just received a BC for Samuel Lyon b1840 Penkridge and it gives his Fathers Occupation as what looks like "Wool Stapler"? is there such a thing.
Any help will be gratefully received.

Regards Bob.
Lyon-Walsall
Baker-Walsall
Gleeson-Walsall/ashton-under-lyne
Pearson-Nottingham.
Glossop-Nottingham
Crow-Bewdley/Kidderminster.
Herbert-Nottingham
Crawford-Walsall/Oxford
Purchase/Purkiss
Grove-Walsall

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Re: De-Coding Occupation
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 13 June 09 10:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Bob

A woolstapler "Checked the length and quality of the raw wool and graded the wool fibres "

according to this very useful site

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/w.html

Jan ;)
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bedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell
buckinghamshire- pain
cambridgeshire- bird, carver
hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey
derbyshire- allsop, noon
devon - griffin, love, rapsey
dorset- rendall, gale
somerset- rendall, churchill
surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge

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Re: De-Coding Occupation
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 13 June 09 11:01 BST (UK) »
Janan
Thanks for that your Brilliant.
Cheers Bob.
Lyon-Walsall
Baker-Walsall
Gleeson-Walsall/ashton-under-lyne
Pearson-Nottingham.
Glossop-Nottingham
Crow-Bewdley/Kidderminster.
Herbert-Nottingham
Crawford-Walsall/Oxford
Purchase/Purkiss
Grove-Walsall
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