Hello Nivard On a different subject. I am no sure what it means when I look at an household Unlocked Named person Locked 2 more names 2 more names who are officially closed How many people are there in the household? Regards Peter On 6 November 2015, at 09:36, Nivard Ovington via <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Carole My first thought would be, are you sure the person in 1891 is actually the same person who was a wheelwright in earlier census? A wheelwright was an established trade with a long apprenticeship, I have wheelwrights and all continued their trade all their lives But peoples circumstances vary enormously, health being one factor Due to industrialisation there was certainly a downturn in local wheelwrights in the latter decades of the 1800's so that could also be a factor But without further investigation its just guesswork as to why your man changed horses midstream (so to speak) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 05/11/2015 14:51, Carole Edwards Caruso via wrote: > Hi - I am writing up an ancestor who was a wheelwright from about 1861 > to before 1891. The 1891 census shows a change of profession from > wheelwright to grocer. > > I am wondering why the change. Could it be because wheels went from > being made of wood to being made of iron? > > Just wondering because it seems like such a extreme change of profession > in middle life. > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > Carole :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message