Not a jeweller - a far more dangerous and difficult skill! http://www.topforge.co.uk/Magazines/Explaining.htm A very good article explaining the workings of Wortley Top Forge near Sheffield which is hopefully not under water this wet and windy a.m. Bit worried about Sheffield Archives as they are periously close to Porter and Sheaf Brooks both of which broke their banks last night. Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K. >From: "Faith Capnerhurst" <fcapnerhurst@msn.com> >To: warwick@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WAR] occupation: Pudler/puddler >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:51:43 -0700 > >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 > >researching CAPNERHURST/CAPENHURST, CHADD, CARRINGTON, SMITH, CLARK(E) & >ALLEN > >_________________________________________________________________ >Windows Live Hotmail. Now with better security, storage and features. >www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA149 > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message