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Offline Nick29

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Re: What was my gggrandpa's job?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 11:46 BST (UK) »
Just to throw another spanner in..... how about "Farrier" ?  :)

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Re: What was my gggrandpa's job?
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 18 July 09 09:30 BST (UK) »
i think it is tanner

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Re: What was my gggrandpa's job?
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 18 July 09 09:47 BST (UK) »
I too think the occupation was Tanner, for which he probably had to serve an apprenticeship.  I have an ancestor that moved from a small village tannery in the 1790's due to its closure to one in Glasgow and I've found a picture online of his new workplace.    I used to see an inner city large old tannery in my youth as I crossed the River Hull to work.  Possibly Dublin imported & exported hides via the River Liffey.
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Re: What was my gggrandpa's job?
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 18 July 09 18:22 BST (UK) »
A quick google of Dublin tanneries is worthwhile, and you may be able to consult directories for tanneries operating in the localities where he lived.

"Dublin's many tanneries required running water in which to soak piles of uncured leather. It was left steeping in vats or `black pits' and was mixed with layers of oak bark which cured the material. The name Blackpitts remains though no trace of any pit or tannery survives. The tanneries were undoubtedly dirty and smelly and those who worked in them must have been tough. Leather was softened or beaten by people called curriers, or gurriers."

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