Journeyman cooper as compared to a Master cooper. That would mean he worked a day for a day's pay. It could be very steady work but he was not the owner of the shop, the owner was the master. The terms are the from the Guild system, which didn't take hold in America in the same form as in England so the terms mean slightly different things here. More information can be inferred by where and when this person was a journeyman cooper. Much cooperage are shipping containers, and tends to be made where the product to be shipped was produced. In a message dated 4/28/2010 5:17:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, shanahan@ameritech.net writes: "journeyman", which means > that he's been practicing his craft for a good long time.
Thank you for the information. Did not know if jour meant that he worked for a day at a time here or there, which seems to be different from a journeyman, who is in training. The location was 1870 Iowa, if this makes a difference. thanks again Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <GENTRIE@aol.com> To: <irish-american@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] occupation > Journeyman cooper as compared to a Master cooper. That would mean he > worked > a day for a day's pay. It could be very steady work but he was not the > owner of the shop, the owner was the master. The terms are the from the > Guild > system, which didn't take hold in America in the same form as in England > so > the terms mean slightly different things here. More information can be > inferred by where and when this person was a journeyman cooper. Much > cooperage > are shipping containers, and tends to be made where the product to be > shipped was produced. > > > In a message dated 4/28/2010 5:17:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > shanahan@ameritech.net writes: > > "journeyman", which means >> that he's been practicing his craft for a good long time. > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message