Susan, Black pudding is blood sausage. I would interpret the black pudding entry as in the butchering or meat business. Denise Cross On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:00 AM, < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Occupation: Black Pudding (Susan O'Connor-LIVE) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:25:58 -0400 > From: "Susan O'Connor-LIVE" <[email protected]> > Subject: [TGF] Occupation: Black Pudding > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > When researching a family in City Directories of Fall River, MA, one of > the men was listed with the occupation of "black pudding." At other times > his occupation was that of "carriage painter." Are these two occupations > synonymous? If not, what is a "black pudding?" > > ----------------------------- > > Susan M. O'Connor > > 508-397-8414 > > [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 9, Issue 98 > ************************************************************** > -- -Denise