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1851 Census Occupation Query - Silk Thrasher
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 12:54 UTC (UK) »
Hi

I have found my husbands ancestors on the 1851 Census for Watford and now have a query that I hope sks can help me with.

Emma and Sarah Hunt are listed as what I believe to be Silk Thrashers [am not certain if I have read this correctly] and not knowing what that meant I googled it without any success.

Has any one any idea's?  they can be found at:

HO107/1714 Folio 295 Page 10

Many thanks for taking the time to read this.

Regards

Half Pint
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Bedfordshire: Chapman, Norris
Cumberland:  Bone, Casson, Ellwood, Harrington, Harrison, Huddleston, Mawson, Rooney, Singleton, Stephenson, Tunstall, Tyson, Wedgwood, Whitehead, Wilson, Woodall
Hertfordshire:  Chapman, Seymour
Ireland:  Macken, McAvoy, Rooney
Lancashire:  Casson, Dixon, Huddleston, Hunter, Muschamp, Skirrow Stephenson, Tyson
Staffordshire:  Burslem, Tunstall, Wedgwood
Yorkshire:  Harrison, Lund, Roberts, Swire


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Re: 1851 Census Occupation Query - Silk Thrasher
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 18 December 08 13:30 UTC (UK) »
Half pint

I think that it could it be Silk Throwster - one who twists and spins silk and prepares it for weaving. There is a very interesting piece on Waford Silk Mills by Chris Reynolds on the Genealogy in Herts Website.

Waford Silk Mills
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/places-w/watford/watford-silk-mills.htm


Herts Silk Mills.
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/occupations/silk.htm

Genealogy in Hertfordshire website.
http://hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm

Rick Smiley
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