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Help reading occupatin please
I can't work out the occupation for James Renew c1829
1861 - RG9; Piece: 247; Folio: 71; Page: 22 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...c=&pid=5593823 1901 - RG13; Piece: 1600; Folio: 61; Page: 32 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...c=&pid=9140761 The 1901 is a bit clearer than the 1881 but I still can't figure out what it's meant to be. Not found him yet in 1891 - will add link up if I do Thanks for looking Zoe
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You like to pick a challenge!
1861 Labourer in Essex Brickworks? |
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The 1901 has India scrawled across it.
I'm thinking india rubber. When my daughter was doing textiles for GCSE she did screen printing and had to use something she called "Gutter" (sp) to stop the colours running together. I could be well off the mark, off to google
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1861 Labourer in Gutta Percha Works
1901 Retired Gutta Percha Warehouseman (India scrawled across it)
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No, my first, unwritten! thought was correct.
It's Gutta Percha |
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GUtta Percha????!!!
*runs off to google* Thank you all
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Perfect!!! there's was Gutta Percha manufacturing company just round the corner from him in Silvertown
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Gutta Percha was used to insulate early electric and telegraph cables.
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