Hi ????? >From a dictionary of old trades (Colin Waters) Nailer same as card nailer Card nailer = Machine maintenance worker in a cloth mill, often self employed No mention of change keeper However from scotlandspeople old occupations Change keeper One who is in charge of an inn Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Other than the obvious making nails for houses, what might a nailer be > relative to the weaving business? I did a search and found a reference to > old occupations in England (below) which refer to a nailer relative to the > wool carding machines. Presume this would be applicable to the jute > industry as well. Was the jute industry already starting/flourishing by > this time in Dundee? Is that why folks might have moved there from (for > example) Sterlingshire? My William Innes and sons William (and presumably > James) were in Dundee by 1822, and both give either nailer or nail maker as > their trades. (But not in the 1818 Directory). (Son James was a saw > maker/saw repairer, Small's Wynd). > > What was a change keeper? > > REF: Hall Genealogy Website: Old Occupations > 1) Made iron nails by hand 2) Maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding > machine used on wool & cotton before weaving