Interesting. My grandfather, Daniel Webster McCARTHY (3/17/1847 Kenmare -- now wouldn't you think his name would have been 'Patrick', like his father's?) came to the U.S. with his parents in 1854 where he became a tinsmith. He was always enumerated in Terre Haute, IN, but he did move his family at times around about a 100 miles radius of Terre Haute. He also worked off and on for a tin shop in Terre Haute (perhaps the traveling was in conjunction with this employer). I don't know what type of 'smithing' he did, I imagine all kinds. My Dad said Dan could cut out a tin cup that was just one piece before doing the bending, etc to make the cup shape .. must have been something to see. What I wouldn't give to have one of his cups or such (have no idea what his 'mark' looked like). Mac McCARTHY -----Original Message----- From: dolard54@optonline.net [mailto:dolard54@optonline.net] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:48 AM To: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-KERRY] occupations I found the various comments on education very interesting.Occupation may be another worthy of comments. My gr grandfather Brian Flynn was a tinsmith from 1860 in Whitechapel until his death in Brooklyn,NY 1896.In my many inquires to Ireland I was always told a tinsmith was the same as a tinker, a traveler a gypsy they never settled in one place. Yet Brian immigrated in 1865 and in 1870 bought two pieces of property in Brooklyn ,one with a house and lived there until his death 26 years later. I eventually learned he worked on tin ceilings and tin roofs so he was tinsmith. Dolores Flynn and O'Brien