Occupation Plater

[brn]

On the Wilson Dublin Directory for 1801 there is an entry for Richard Thomas of Essex St that states his occupation as a plater. Does anyone have any idea what this relates to, thanks.

[KGarrad]

Some kind of metal working?

Boiler Plater, for instance.

[ourgang]

I have found this site very helpful for old occupations

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

but, unfortunately plater is not listed!!!  I posted this link as it might help some other time!

[dathai]

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

might be connected to Platelayer on Railway

[youngtug]

Because of there being several types of "plater" or "plating" it might be worthwhile looking to see if you can find what sort of industry there was in the area at the time.

[youngtug]

The first railway in Ireland was 1834, so I wouldn't think he was a platelayer

[jess5athome]

Hi, the modern occupation of a "Plater" is a fabricator in steel, usually any thickness of steel thicker than a sheetmetal worker would work with, and usually ferrous, not tin plate or copper.

For example a "Fabricator" is generally referred to as a "Plater", I wonder if it's something along those lines.


Regards
Frank.

[jess5athome]

Hi, could he have been involved in "Plating" metal, for example tin plating or silver plating for instance.

The reason I ask is that I have just been looking at the 1801 census for Walsall and on the same page there are Buckle makers, buckle filers and platers, perhaps all working in the same industry 

Frank.

[youngtug]

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Metal_plating