Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record

[jedidiah]

Annoyingly there doesn't seem to be a consistent mother's maiden name across two of them alas .. so I am probably out of luck on this one.

[CarolA3]

Going back to the original query, I still wonder if he was a ‘Bone Sawer’ - perhaps re furs; skins etc - maybe there were carcasses 

Bone was commonly used as a decorative material, being a cheaper alternative to ivory.  Think back to Karen McDonald's excellent link explaining the intricacies of Tunbridge ware; similar work was done in ivory or bone.  Cutting the pieces would be a skilled job, I would think.

Carol

[stanmapstone]

From " A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

[CarolA3]

Thanks Stan, that's a more practical use of bone but on the same lines.

Carol

[stanmapstone]

There would have been a big demand for bone cutlery and shaving brush handles.

Stan

[heywood]

That sounds good    I never thought of that re cutlery and of course bone buttons etc.

I was thinking of a factory in our town when I was a child which produced a horrid smell - hide, skin and ...( possibly fat) was the name. I think it was a glue factory 

[CarolA3]

Cutlery!  That's the one I couldn't think of - all those bone-handled knives etc., kept for 'best' and never used

And buttons - cheaper than mother-of-pearl and an endless supply

Carol