Thank you Elizabeth and Michael for this information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Tordella" <ewtordella@gmail.com> To: <irish-american@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] occupation >a cooper (one that builds or fixes barrels, tubs, buckets,and other staved > containers). Working as a "day" (Jour in French) cooper may not have been > as > steady work. > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Marilyn Shanahan > <shanahan@ameritech.net>wrote: > >> Does any lister know what the occupation "jour cooper" refers to? Is it >> a >> title for someone who works with plaster? >> thank you. >> Marilyn >> >> ====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 >> > > > > -- > Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN > ewtordella@gmail.com > > ====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