Do you have corkcutter ancestors?

[Arranroots]

Don't know whether you have this one, but just in case:

RG9/272/66/36

Andrew WEBB lodger 22 - corkcutter - London

Address: 45 Church Lane, Goodman's Fields, Whitechapel

(Not a rellie, as far as I know!!)

kind regards, Arranroots 

[brabanne]

to cjack,

My GG grandfather Samuel Green (b. Ireland ~1825; d. Edinburgh 1893)  was also a corkcutter in South Leith in 1851. His son Samuel became a corkcutter as well, but my G grandfather (one of his other sons) didn't take up the trade. The family moved to the Canongate and stayed there.

Anne

[brabanne]

to Netta,

I live in Australia these days, although I'm Edinburgh born and bred. So not exactly near Bridge of Allan, no ...

Anne

[arishmell]

Hello Cheryl,

I notified you of my corkcutting ancestor William Gill in Exeter some time ago.  Thought you might like to know I've just found him aged 2 in 1841, in the same household as a John Langbridge aged 40, corkcutter's journeyman born in Devon.  They are living in Smithen Street or Butcherrow, which is in the poor West End quarter where William later plied his trade.  I don't know if there is any family connection - haven't been able to find William's mother's maiden name yet.

Regards,
Maureen

[finewa]

Re message #38 for Cheryl

Hello Cheryl --- I sent a message yesterday  - my first time on this site.
My gg grandfather James Rankine (Ranken) was a Cork Cutter in Glasgow and later in Edinburgh.  On the 1881 Census he was 38 years old and living in EDN  with his wife Margaret and his family at 30 Lower View Craig Row.
You may have seen the previous message,
Enjoyed your article - Thanks
betty

[corkcutter]

Thanks for the information Maureen.

I already had John, so its good to be able to make a link between them.

Cheryl

[cjack]

Hi, Anne -

I just saw your message that your ancestor Samuel Green was a corkcutter in South Leith in 1851.  Do you have any info as to who he worked for - i.e. did he work for a company or did he work independently?  I am looking for clues to search my own ancestor, George Jack's, working conditions/environment during that same time period.

Thanks.

Carolyn

[Crinoline]

Hi there,

I was recently looking at the Weir family history for my cousin, whose mother was a Weir.

Interestingly, I found that her Great Uncle was descended from a family of Cork Cutters!

"Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth, (April 24, 1865 - September 17, 1955), was head of firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow, and was Surveyor General of Supplies from 1917-1919, and Minister of Munitions in 1919.

Andrew Weir was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife the eldest son of William Weir and his wife, Janet. Both William Weir and his father were cork merchants".

Romilly.

[helenmelvin]

I discovered this link from the Cambrian, and noted that the Corkcutters from Swansea are my gg grandfather and his father.

Every family has to have its skeletons - and I think I have just discovered ours!