Gilman? When? Where? I have a Catherine Gilman born around 1800. Said she was born Steeple Claydon, but said to be of Wendover when she married. "Laster" sounds like a maker of lasts, i.e. things for making or repairing shoes on. Big shoe making industry in N. Bucks, outworking for firms in Northampton I presume. Scavenger is what it sounds like. Collects what other people throw away, & makes it pay by sorting it into real rubbish & sellable stuff. Rags had value. Used in paper-making, for example. Scrap metal, broken glass, paper - all sellable. Recycling isn't a new idea. Paul > > From: "jsavile" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/03/01 Tue AM 08:55:23 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-BUCK] Occupations/KITCHENER/DIX/GILMAN > > Sifting through information purchased from Bucks FHS, I'm curious as to some > of the occupations listed. I believe they would be to do with shoemaking > but can anyone tell me please what is a 'laster' or a 'liftmaker'? And > what exactly is a 'scavenger'? > Also I'm noticing the names DIX and GILMAN cropping up frequently in my > KITCHENER research, sometimes used as christian names. If anyone > researching these names has any KITCHENERs I would love to hear from you. > > TIA > Jane Savile (Suffolk, UK) > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using mcAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

This is the Olney area going back into the 1700's. My ancestor Eleasor K.(spellings vary!!!) married Ann Gilman of Olney in 1819. I've also got a William Kitchener marrying Jane Gilman in 1752 but as I'm currently stuck with another William towards the end of the century haven't looked into a connection with that one yet. Also have a several BOSWELLs, FREEMANs and HOOTON's marrying KITCHENERs Thanks for the info on occupations:) Jane Savile (Suffolk, UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-BUCK] Occupations/KITCHENER/DIX/GILMAN > Gilman? When? Where? I have a Catherine Gilman born around 1800. Said she > was born Steeple Claydon, but said to be of Wendover when she married. >