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!

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!

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Candle.html#b Take a look at paragraph 6 - talks of manually twisting(spinning) the wick in candle making. Regards, Jim Andrews On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:30 PM, "Christine Tregonning" <CJTregonning@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > 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 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