Googled and found this: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jypDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=candlewick+spinner&source=bl&ots=ManpqHUUTB&sig=sx-YM_D2ZTPVoq-g4Xe_OFf7sss&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eO03U9rLBoeShgfX1ICQAQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=candlewick%20spinner&f=false I think that it will answer your query. Kind regards Rosemary > On 30 Mar 2014, at 11:07, "Jan Moreau" <janmoreau@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hi Jan > > What about something to do with candlewick fabric - when I was a child I > used to have a candlewick bedspread. > > Regards > > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of cheshire-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: 30 March 2014 08:00 > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 63 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. What did a candlewick spinner do? (Jan Fortado) > 2. Re: What did a candlewick spinner do? (Christine Tregonning) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:20:28 -0400 > From: Jan Fortado <janfortado2007@hotmail.com> > Subject: [CHS] What did a candlewick spinner do? > To: "cheshire@rootsweb.com" <cheshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT147-W606EAF3AABF53A83684C96CA600@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > When Joseph Hughes married in Stockport in 1865, he was a candlewick > spinner. I have not been able to learn what their work consisted of. Is > there anyone on the list who might have an idea? Thanks! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:30:26 +1300 > From: "Christine Tregonning" <CJTregonning@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [CHS] What did a candlewick spinner do? > To: "'Jan Fortado'" <janfortado2007@hotmail.com>, > <cheshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAANs8JFwb6N1JlfKktg9G+J/CgAAAEAAAAPVFY5Hx/UFPhj6Lb4cd > /CcBAAAAAA==@xtra.co.nz> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Jan, > > Possibly he made the wicks for the inside of candles - bearing in mind that > candles would have been the main source of night time lighting. > > Regards, > > Christine > > -----Original Message----- > From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Jan Fortado > Sent: Sunday, 30 March 2014 1:20 p.m. > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHS] What did a candlewick spinner do? > > When Joseph Hughes married in Stockport in 1865, he was a candlewick > spinner. I have not been able to learn what their work consisted of. Is > there anyone on the list who might have an idea? Thanks! > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CHESHIRE list administrator, send an email to > CHESHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CHESHIRE mailing list, send an email to > CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > > End of CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 63 > *************************************** > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message