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