hi Bev, A 'watch finisher' is a new occupation for me. Have come across watch makers before but never a 'finisher'. I wonder what that entailed. Will keep an eye out for him. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: <user917826@aol.com> To: <irl-dublin-city@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [DUBLIN-CITY] Where Can I look? > Hello Judith and Michelle, > > My third great grandfather, Samuel Rawlins, was a "watch finisher" who > apparently spent some time in Ireland. We have gleaned this information > from family lore and references from records here in the States from son > Samuel, who appears to have left Ireland for the US in 1867. Should any > of you with ties to jewelers come across a Rawlins in your path, I would > love to know about it. This branch of my family has also been hard to > track. > > I do believe we had one sighting of Samuel jr. working in a pawn shop in > Belfast in 1858. His name was mentioned in an article from the British > Newspaper Archive. Of course, I could find no trace of family that I > could recognize in the area!! > > > One thing I know for sure is that jewelers and pawnshop owners often had > considerable contact. > > > Thanks, > > Bev W > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Wilson <micpaint.wilson@gmail.com> > To: irl-dublin-city <irl-dublin-city@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 4:10 am > Subject: Re: [DUBLIN-CITY] Where Can I look? > > > Thank you, Judith. Good idea...I'll see if I can find any on-line > records. > Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith MacGregor" <judithmacgregor@bigpond.com> > To: <irl-dublin-city@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [DUBLIN-CITY] Where Can I look? > > >> Michelle, >> >> This is only my experience but it may help. I also had a jeweller in the >> family (he was in Edinburgh) and he died in the Edinburgh asylum. >> Jewellers >> in those days used and worked with all sorts of toxic materials including >> lead and these killed them in the end. >> Have you thought of checking hospital or asylum records? >> >> Good hunting >> Judith MacGregor (Sydney Aust) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michelle Wilson" <micpaint.wilson@gmail.com> >> To: "Ireland-carlow" <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> >> Cc: "Dublin Ireland" <IRL-DUBLIN-CITY@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:13 PM >> Subject: [DUBLIN-CITY] Where Can I look? >> >> >>> My great gr. grandmother ELIZABETH (ELIZA) ADAMS ( born abt.1800-1805) >>> married JOHN LEMON (jeweler) on December 23rd 1826 in the Parish of >>> Ossery, Fern & Leiglin) (CW-CI-MA 1561 pg. 133) I know that John had a >>> shop in Carlow as well as in Dublin at one time or another, and both of >>> their children were born in Carlow. BUT.....I can find no record of >>> their >>> deaths in the BMD's and I have searched every graveyard that has been >>> listed on the Dublin & Carlow sites but cannot find any information on >>> either of them. Can anyone suggest where else I may search via internet >>> as >>> I cannot make the trip over there. >>> >>> Thank you >>> Mchelle Wilson - Vermont USA >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Judith It was not an uncommon occupation, for example there are over 2000 listed in the 1881 census of England and Wales They took components made by others and assembled watches Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 24/08/2012 13:54, Judith MacGregor wrote: > hi Bev, > > A 'watch finisher' is a new occupation for me. Have come across watch > makers before but never a 'finisher'. I wonder what that entailed. Will > keep an eye out for him. > Judith