Just last night ran across an occupation in a 1926 city directory listed as "Tinner". Not exactly sure what that is but perhaps something along this line of Tinsmith, Tinker etc ? Cheers, Susie __________________________________________________________________ I think my new thing will be to try to be a real happy guy. I'll just walk around being real happy until some jerk says something stupid to me. - J a c k H a n d y S u s i e H a s t i n g s [email protected] > Greetings, > > Wanting to know if anyone's ancestors were coppersmiths? > Tinkers? Tinsmiths? > > Blacksmithing, silversmithing, coppersmithing (especially)... > > Possible names: > Schmidt, Schmitt, Schmit, Kessler, Kessel, Kupfer, > Kupferschmidt,Schmeder, > Tinker... > > Any more? > > Sincerely, > kts