I said I would look at the apprenticeship cards at Notts Archives for Lisa, a poster to this forum from Australia. I then got an email directly for a similar enquiry. But I thought that I would post the results of both on the forum too. Lisa asked about William CORTHORN, who was a Tailor in Nottingham in the early 1800s, but there isn't an apprenticeship record for him. I also checked the Burgess records and couldn't find his name there either. For those that don't know, Burgesses were, at one time, the only people allowed to vote and comprised those who were appointed (gentry, clergy etc), those who were sons of Burgesses, and those who qualified by virtue of being a time-served tradesman. I did find others named CORTHEN, CAWTHORNE, and CORTHORN, including a few Williams, but these were earlier and were FWKs and sinkermakers. I was also asked by Hilary to look for John, Joseph and Jeremiah HOLLAND, possibly stonemasons, all from the first half of the 19th century but again could not find anyone of that name. ironically I found a lot of apprentice Tailors with the surname HOLLAND! Glad to help, but sadly no results. Brian BInns

Hey Brian, What is a sinkermaker? Thank youDebbie > From: bnbinns@gmail.com > To: NOTTSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:43:00 +0000 > CC: organic22@bigpond.com > Subject: [NTT] Apprenticeships > > I said I would look at the apprenticeship cards at Notts Archives for Lisa, > a poster to this forum from Australia. I then got an email directly for a > similar enquiry. But I thought that I would post the results of both on the > forum too. > > > > Lisa asked about William CORTHORN, who was a Tailor in Nottingham in the > early 1800s, but there isn't an apprenticeship record for him. I also > checked the Burgess records and couldn't find his name there either. For > those that don't know, Burgesses were, at one time, the only people allowed > to vote and comprised those who were appointed (gentry, clergy etc), those > who were sons of Burgesses, and those who qualified by virtue of being a > time-served tradesman. > > I did find others named CORTHEN, CAWTHORNE, and CORTHORN, including a few > Williams, but these were earlier and were FWKs and sinkermakers. > > > > I was also asked by Hilary to look for John, Joseph and Jeremiah HOLLAND, > possibly stonemasons, all from the first half of the 19th century but again > could not find anyone of that name. ironically I found a lot of apprentice > Tailors with the surname HOLLAND! > > > > Glad to help, but sadly no results. > > > > Brian BInns > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A sinker was an integral part of a stocking frame and a man who made them was a sinkermaker. See these websites for some very good reading, and if you have a chance, visit the Farmworker's Museum in Ruddington. Brian Binns http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/people/frameworkknitters.htm http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/inventors/lee.html -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Lang Sent: 28 January 2014 16:27 To: Nottingham History Society Subject: [NTT] Occupation ? Hey Brian, What is a sinkermaker? Thank youDebbie > From: bnbinns@gmail.com > To: NOTTSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:43:00 +0000 > CC: organic22@bigpond.com > Subject: [NTT] Apprenticeships > > I said I would look at the apprenticeship cards at Notts Archives for > Lisa, a poster to this forum from Australia. I then got an email > directly for a similar enquiry. But I thought that I would post the > results of both on the forum too. > > > > Lisa asked about William CORTHORN, who was a Tailor in Nottingham in > the early 1800s, but there isn't an apprenticeship record for him. I > also checked the Burgess records and couldn't find his name there > either. For those that don't know, Burgesses were, at one time, the > only people allowed to vote and comprised those who were appointed > (gentry, clergy etc), those who were sons of Burgesses, and those who > qualified by virtue of being a time-served tradesman. > > I did find others named CORTHEN, CAWTHORNE, and CORTHORN, including a > few Williams, but these were earlier and were FWKs and sinkermakers. > > > > I was also asked by Hilary to look for John, Joseph and Jeremiah > HOLLAND, possibly stonemasons, all from the first half of the 19th > century but again could not find anyone of that name. ironically I > found a lot of apprentice Tailors with the surname HOLLAND! > > > > Glad to help, but sadly no results. > > > > Brian BInns > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 28 Jan 2014 18:26, Debbie Lang wrote: > What is a sinkermaker? I think the modern-day equivalent would be 'Shaft-sinker'. One that digs mine shafts. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg