Grey cloth was the raw state of cotton and the grey man would probably be one used to work in the cotton mill on this process. No doubt someone will be able to give a better explanation. Mavis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Whitton" <birdboot@btinternet.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:22 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Occupation 'grey man' >I have a marriage cert from 1895 which describes father's occupation as > "Grey man". Does anyone know what this means? I guess it could be a > misprint for 'Drayman' but it certainly looks like Grey man. > > > > Jim Whitton > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >