Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Sheelagh Wiles <[email protected]> > Date: 11 December 2013 7:09:00 > Subject: Blocker's at Laura > > Hi Listers > > Can anyone help me understand the term "Blocker." > I have been told and Uncle of mine was a a Blocker at Laura, SA > > Cheers > Sheelagh > > > > Sent from my iPad

Block Cutter / Blocker 1)Made wooden blocks for hat making 2)Laid the blocks for laying of a ship's keel in shipbuilding 3)Cut designs into wooden blocks for printing fabrics 4)Quarryman, whose job was to cut stone into useable blocks Block Maker 1) Engraved or set up the blocks used in block printing 2)Made pulley blocks 3) Made hatmakers' blocks. Block Printer Printed paper or fabrics by the use of inked and carved or engraved wooden blocks. (Block Printing) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sheelagh Wiles" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 7:47 PM To: "AUS-SAGEN" <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Fwd: Blocker's at Laura > > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Sheelagh Wiles <[email protected]> >> Date: 11 December 2013 7:09:00 >> Subject: Blocker's at Laura >> >> Hi Listers >> >> Can anyone help me understand the term "Blocker." >> I have been told and Uncle of mine was a a Blocker at Laura, SA >> >> Cheers >> Sheelagh >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >