Hi John and List, Thanks for your input John, very creative... who knows. Your guess is very innovative and thankyou... I was browsing through Google and it suddenly occurred to me that it maybe should have been written as Glass Cutter!!! not Gunner... makes more sense to me. Now what was he doing in a Glass Factory in Sheffield, the rest of the family were in Silver or other Metals... I know Fenton was involved in Glass, were there any other likely names for Glass Factories in Sheffield which spring to mind... my brain has been overworked already with the above problem. Kindest regards, Josephine, Ontario. p.s. I could still be wrong... ----- Original Message ----- From: "johnelmes" <johnelmes@ozemail.com.au> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] Glass Gunner? > Here in Australia a "gun" shearer is the top shearer in all aspects of sheep > shearing. Maybe a Glass Gunner is the "Gun Grinder" in a glass factory. > Then again - mmmm. > > John Elmes in SE Qld. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josphine Laxton" <rlaxton@rogers.com> > To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:58 AM > Subject: [SHEFF] Glass Gunner? > > > > Hi List, > > Any of you clever people ever heard of a 'Glass Gunner'? can't help > but think this is a mistake, please feel free to correct me if I am > wrong...that is what was written as the occupation of the father of a > Bridegroom on a Marriage cert. The father's name was Thomas Younge, the > Marriage took place circa 1849 at St. Peters Sheffield ... Thomas Younge's > son, the Bridegroom, also a Thos Younge; was listed as occupation 'Roller', > which I take to be his occupation in a Rolling Mill. Any help with this > greatfully received. Regards, Josephine, Ontario. > > > > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > > Visit: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/ > > Visit list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ENG-SHEFFIELD-L/ or > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ENG-SHEFFIELD- > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > E-mail etiquette - CAPITALISE only research surnames, other CAPITALisation usually means you are SHOUTING!!! and may be interpreted as being offensive. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >