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Margaret in Burton
03-03-20, 16:10
Sarah Biddulph aged 24

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8767/WARRG9_2163_2167-0464?pid=21094159&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UMX4446&_phstart=successSource
kiterunner
03-03-20, 16:16
Percussion Cap Maker?
Merry
03-03-20, 16:17
Percussion cap maker?
Margaret in Burton
03-03-20, 16:20
Thanks both of you.

It is the right person then. She's a Cap Maker after her marriage to David Briggs

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7619/WARRG10_3123_3125-0059?pid=17038494&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true#?_phcmd=u('https:%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co .uk%2Fsearch%2Fcategories%2F1871uki%2F%3Fname%3Dsa rah_briggs%26birth%3D1836%26birth_x%3D2-0-0_1-0%26name_x%3D1_ps%26spouse%3Ddavid_briggs%26spouse _x%3D1_1%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3Df5c1 9774fbcdd4dfc5c222c95004018e','successSource')&imageId=WARRG10_3123_3125-0059
Merry
03-03-20, 16:21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_cap
Merry
03-03-20, 16:23
lol If I'd seen 'cap maker' for her, I would have thought of something completely different!
Margaret in Burton
03-03-20, 16:25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_cap

I didn't know that. Thanks Merry