On 2011/06/03 19:37, Tracy Kasaboski wrote: > My Edward John (Percy) FULLER was a warehouseman much of his short life, > appearing variously on census records as "Warehouseman", "Cotton > Warehouseman", and "Manchester Warehouseman." He's found in Rotherhithe in > 1871 and 1881, and Greenwich in 1891, and in Camberwell in 1901, and doesn't > appear to have ever been to Manchester. > I know Manchester was the hotbed of the cotton industry in England, so when > he says he's a Manchester Warehouseman, would that mean he works for a > warehouse that stores cotton coming in off ships but which is eventually > bound for Manchester? Wouldn't Manchester's cotton industry have used a > closer port than London?Perhaps it was a warehouse owned by a company called > Manchester? Or was the word Manchester just synonymous at the time with > cotton? Manchester is an old name for a department in a store dealing with linen and cotton products. Hence, your Edward worked in a warehouse that handled cotton and linen products. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg