Hi Faith I suspect a puddler did not have much to do with jewellery, certainly not in its finished state anyway Puddler :Iron worker operating a puddling or ball furnace where cast iron turned into wrought iron See http://www.geocities.com/jenks436/puddler.html Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Folks, > > I have been working on one of my difficult cases today, that being the > Carrington family. In looking through the records on FreeReg, I came > across > some records that list an occupation called "pudler" or "puddler". Does > anyone know what this is? The Carringtons in my line seem to be jewellers > (at least the two generations I am aware of are). I know that my gg > grandfather, George Carrington, was a pearl cutter and his father, George, > was a jeweller. Would a puddler have any connection to the jeweller's > trade? > > I appreciate any feedback on the topic. > > Regards, > > Faith Capnerhurst > Canada