I recently got the marriage certificate for Thomas Shepherd m to Mary Howarth in 1841. Marys father John Howarth is described as a Banksman. Does anyone know what a banksman is? Kaaren
Banksman worked at the Pit Head in charge of the Cages. Malcolm Firth In Chadderton Research FIRTH, BARKER, FARRAR, LUMB, JAGGER in Calderdale and Oldham HALSALL, PENDLETON, EAUD, and WELSBY Prescot and SW Lancs HARRISON, BARKER, YARDLEY, DUCKWORTH and HOWARD in Oldham BUTTON, RICHMOND and MUDD in Pateley Bridge and Ripon E Mail [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "kaaren2" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:04 AM Subject: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] occupations > I recently got the marriage certificate for Thomas Shepherd m to Mary > Howarth in 1841. > Marys father John Howarth is described as a Banksman. > Does anyone know what a banksman is? > > Kaaren > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > Create your own home page with Web Dwarf, a FREE HTML Editor http://www.vmims.com/dwarf.htm >