Jane and Marcia, My father worked in outdoor advertising. Riggers would set up scaffolding, pulley systems, cranes, etc. Back in the "old" day, to construct churches and stone on buildings hoists and pulleys some times called (block and tackle) where used to lift large cut stone into place. This approach was used back through the ages in Europe and elsewhere. The concept of a Stone Rigger makes perfect sense not only to securely rope it together but make sure the rigging is able to handle the load. Bob Poppy ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "JCTripp" <jctripp@charter.net> To: <pacambri@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] 1860's occupation, "Rigner of Stone" Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:37:01 -0600 Hi Marcia, Thanks for all you do to host Susquehanna Township on the PaCambria website. I'm sending a guess, but with confidence. A Stone Rigger is an alternate name of a stone mason's apprentice. The enumerator could have bad handwriting or problems hearing the interviewee. Was he living in the home of a stone mason? or boarding with others in the masonry field? Regards, Jane Tripp ________________________________ From: Marcia <houstonjm@verizon.net> To: "pacambri@rootsweb.com" <pacambri@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:57 AM Subject: [PACAMBRI] 1860's occupation, "Ringer of Stone" Hello All, Anyone come across the occupation listed as "RIGNER of stone"? Researching my husband's side and found Daniel Hunt in Philadelphia in 1860 with that occupation listing. Any ideas of what Daniel would be doing? Thanks, Marcia Fronk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/50ef1e85ec54e1e853759st04duc