In message <18a.11e52475.2b169e35@aol.com>, JLCETNAR@aol.com writes >I would like to know what is a malster (forman) and what is a Redoubler of >Worsted, commission agent? This is taken from the 1881 census. Could it be a maltster? One who supervises a maltings, where barley is malted (i.e. allowed to germinate) to turn the stored starch into sugar ready for brewing. John -- John Rouse, searching for PARR and TINDILL in Yorkshire.