Any ideas? Merino painter

[Beavances]

Can anyone suggest what a 'merino painter' would do? This appeared as the occupation of someone on my search and I have wondered about it for ages! He was living in Bradford at the time  1840's so am assuming it was linked with wool trade - but what?? Would appreciate any suggestion!

[avm228]

Hi - was this entry in a census, and if so can you give details (or post an extract of the page) so that Rootschatters can see the enumeration in context?

If the entry was not in a census but in some other record - what occupation was given for the relevant person in the 1841 and/or 1851 censuses?

[Michelle79]

I've been doing a little research and merino is a type of wool, I'm wondering if 'Merino Painter' translates to wool dyer.

On another note when i googled wool painter I did see some interesting articles regarding latch hook which is a craft that has been around for years, from what I read people would take home small lengths of wool from the mills that could not be used and use them in latch hook to make rugs.

Just a thought......but either could be totally wrong

Michelle

[stanmapstone]

Could it be Merino Sorter? A Merino Sorter sorted merino wool, a fine long stapled wool, suitable for combing.
There were also  Sorters who picked over heaps of waste materials and sorted them into small heaps according to kind, colour, grade and condition, they were sometimes specifically designated according to the waste sorted e.g. merino sorter, rag sorter, linen sorter etc. From "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

Stan

[Beavances]

Hi Thanks for all your suggestions - I think the image does say 'merino painter' and not sorter. I have tried to paste in the image but can't make the link work. If you have access to Ancestry the info. appears n the 1841 census - just type in Henry Pullan born 1817 and he will be the first one on the list.
I too have wondered if it is some sort of link to dying but can't understand why they wouldn't have put that as that term i.e merino dyer

[Michelle79]

Have you been able to find Henry on the 1851 cencus to see what his job title is there?

Michelle

[avm228]

He was a clerk in 1851: HO107/2308/490/3.

He was a warehouseman when he married Martha Riley at St Paul's, Shipley on 2 April 1837...

...and a bookkeeper when daughters Eliza (born 1 Nov 1837) and Isabella (born 24 Feb 1839) were baptised at Bradford Cathedral on 10 Apr 1839.

[Suffolk Mawther]

Have just had a look at the 1841 and agree Merino Painter. 
I checked through some more pages as all the occupations are related to the local mill and wool. 
I found another Painter, written exactly as it is for Henry.
(right side of page on page 11)

Pat ...

[stanmapstone]

It is Merino Printer. See http://www.rootschat.com/links/0hhd/

Stan