I have come across the name 'Clicker' used by people operating a cutting die. A clicker die was used to cut out the shapes of the soles in leather. In modern times its used in the plastic vacuum forming industry to cut out the shape of a product from the waste area. The die is usually made of thick plywood and embedded in the wood face would be a razor sharp strip of metal in the shape of the product about to be cut. It would take a special type of die maker to make a clicker die. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dawn Griffis <dg21340@comcast.net> > To: eng-shropshire-plus@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 11:22:27 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Watkins Journeyman > > Journeyman frequently means a person who has completed the required amount > of schooling or apprentiship and passed a final exam. It is usually in the > trades e.g. electrician, plumber, carpenter, cabinet maker etc the next > stage is to become a Master- electrician etc that requires more experience, > education & passing an exam. As far as I know this was started in the UK and > has since travelled to at least the US & Canada. My grandfather b1876 was a > Journeyman & Master Cabinet maker as was my father b 1914 my husband an > American was a Journeyman electrician. They all received special > documentation showing what they were a Journeymen or Master of what ever > trade it was in. I do not know what a clicker was, maybe you could Google it > as a profession to find out. > Hope this helps > Dawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-shropshire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-shropshire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sherry with > Sky > Sent: 15 February 2011 11:00 AM > To: eng-shropshire-plus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Watkins Journeyman > > Hi Susie, > > Journeyman from French means a person employed on a daily basis. > > Could it be clicker? If yes, then it depends on the trade-links to > shoe making, printing, etc. http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html is > quite a useful site for such things. > > HTH > Sherry Landa, Oxford, UK > > > On 1901 census i have my family of JOHN and AMELIA WATKINS in LUDLOW their > Son JOHN gives his occupation as a Journeyman and another word that looks > like Cricker > > does anyone know what this means please > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >