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Offline Redda

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Mystery occupation...
« on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:39 BST (UK) »
Can anyone tell what this occupation is? I think they both say the same thing. 10 years later they are both slaters/ plasterers if this helps!


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Re: Mystery occupation...
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:40 BST (UK) »
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Carlin (Ireland & Liverpool) Doughty & Wright (Liverpool) Dick & Park (Scotland & Liverpool)

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Re: Mystery occupation...
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:43 BST (UK) »
Sorry, here it is!

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Re: Mystery occupation...
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:48 BST (UK) »
It looks like 'whiteliner' or 'whitelimer' to me.

White limer - plastered walls with lime http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/w.html

A plasterer who used white lime to cover the walls of buildings http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/occupations.htm

Also see http://www.mail-archive.com/canals-list@yahoogroups.com/msg17930.html
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Re: Mystery occupation...
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:49 BST (UK) »
Wow! That fits in with a family mystery about being canal builders, interesting, thanks!

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Re: Mystery occupation...
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:50 BST (UK) »
It looks like "Whitelimer"

which is "one who plasters walls with lime"

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Thornhill, Cresswell, Sisson, Harriman, Cripps, Eyre, Walter, Marson, Battison, Holmes, Bailey, Hardman, Fairhurst Noon-mainly in Derbys/Notts-but also Northampton, Oxford, Leics, Lancs-England
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 18:52 BST (UK) »
Thanks Suz! Both of you are stars for figuring that out!

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 19:06 BST (UK) »
Lovely! Thanks.

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