Hi, It will be CORDSWAINER[a Shoemaker] Judith At 21:17 28/03/03 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Listers, > >Has anyone any idea what a 'Cerdwainer' is. I have just received a copy >of a death certificate for my GG GM Isabella TAYLOR (nee FERGUSON) d.22nd >Jan 1853, Hutton Bonville, Brompton. Isabella's occupation was listed as >'Cerdwainer'. I have checked Genuki & found 'Cardmaker' a person who >makes cards or instruments for combing wool - confirmation or any >ideas/suggestions gratefully received. > >Regards Sue, Shropshire. > > > >==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== >NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this >list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times >of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Judith and Angael, Thank you both for the Cord(s)wainer/Shoemaker - it makes sense. It just goes to provide many heads are better than mine! Regards Sue, Shropshire.