Hi Sue, According to the OFHS Oxfordshire Marriage Index, Thomas was a "jeweller". Thomas MORTON, jeweller, marr. Martha BATMAN in Banbury on 20 Oct 1761. HTH, Bill Watson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Cox" <sueecox@rogers.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Thumb Twiddlers - Everyone please!!! Angela *>) > Sadly, no occupation for Thomas as yet. Son John was a buttonmaker, his > son was a soldier then a policeman. Thomas did send me a psychic > message that he was fond of kippers and doughcakes, but I think Martha > used to smoke the kippers herself, and whomp up a batch of doughcakes - > she spurned anything you could just buy in the supermarket. > > Angela Allen wrote: > >>Hi Sue & all, >>You don't say Sue if you have an occupation for Thomas Moreton. >>
Thank you for that, Bill Watson! So the question now is ... why would a jewellery be moving around between Banbury and Birmingham. I can see my next research is going to have to be in eighteenth century occupations in Banbury! I know there was a lot of jewellery/buttonmaking/bucklemaking going on in Birmingham. Sue Bill Watson wrote: > Hi Sue, > According to the OFHS Oxfordshire Marriage Index, Thomas was a > "jeweller". > Thomas MORTON, jeweller, marr. Martha BATMAN in Banbury on 20 Oct 1761. > HTH, > > Bill Watson > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Cox" <sueecox@rogers.com> > To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: [BAN] Thumb Twiddlers - Everyone please!!! Angela *>) > > >> Sadly, no occupation for Thomas as yet. Son John was a buttonmaker, >> his son was a soldier then a policeman. Thomas did send me a psychic >> message that he was fond of kippers and doughcakes, but I think >> Martha used to smoke the kippers herself, and whomp up a batch of >> doughcakes - she spurned anything you could just buy in the supermarket. >> >> Angela Allen wrote: >> >>> Hi Sue & all, >>> You don't say Sue if you have an occupation for Thomas Moreton. >>> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >