I suspect that your man was a Tinker ie someone who made/sold tin saucepans & other household effects. I too have an ancestor who was a tinker. REgards, Kathryn Rogers -----Original Message----- From: Sam Dawes Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:08 PM To: aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com Subject: [ANS] occupation of Tin-Man Hello List........Have an occupation of Tin-Man for a Thomas WOOD who died 23 Jan 1840 St James parish Sydney County of Cumberland..... Has anyone an explanation of this occupation please???? Regards Sam Maleny Qld -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 241 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5107 - Release Date: 07/02/12