I felt sure someone had already posted that there were baptisms showing he was a Shearman ? Shearman = Cloth cutter. Also a sheep shearer. Also a metal cutter From Colin Waters a Dictionary of Old Trades Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/10/2015 14:50, Peter Knott via wrote: > Hi Penny > Am quite taken with that suggestion because other grooms on the same page > are all weavers. > Thank you for your response. > KRs > Peter > > From: Penny Trueman > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:43 AM > To: Ruth ; [email protected] > Cc: Peter Knott > Subject: Re: [LAN] BUTTERWORTH/CURROW Marriage at Bolton > > Dear Peter, could it be a corruption of Shearman/Sherman? See: - > > > > http://www.rmhh.co.uk/occup/s.html > > > However I agree with Ruth that the initial letter IS slightly different to > the other 'S's in the page. > Best Wishes, Penny >