LINKS: Occupations and Professions

[Paul Caswell]

It look like the police orders site has moved.

Police link with a temporary fix

Paul

[BumbleB]

Durham Records Office have analysed the census returns and have listed the 50 most used occupations across them plus some information on Coal Mining and Colliery Railways.

http://durhamrecordsonline.com/library

BumbleB

[tetbury]

  Hi,

I don't know if anyone has yet posted this site, were any of your family in the photography business in London 1841-1901 if so it is well worth a look, I found a number of my family. There is a quick or advanced search.

http://www.photolondon.org.uk/

[mshrmh]

The Musicians' Union has a history of music making from the days of minstrels via music halls etc and the various trade/welfare bodies that have been formed via a PDF link at the end of this webpage:
http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/about-us/

[Krysa]

If you have mining ancestors in the north try the Durham Mining Museum

The web address is -

http://www.dmm.org.uk/

[daisynook]

I have found references in various journals and books referring to my great-grandfather's profession as being: 1824 Listed as Ellis Gleave, 29 Marshall Street, Oldham Road, Manchester as a Machine Maker.

I'd like to know what a Machine Maker did (what kind of machine) and was that in a cotton mill or what other establishment?  What was at 29 Marshall Street?

[daisynook]

Further to my last post asking about my 3rd-great-grandfather Ellis Gleave's occupation, I have found a little more information that may help.  He was listed as Machine Maker on one census but have found him also described as Engineer and that he was probably occupied in a cotton mill.  I found he was at one time in a partnership which was dissolved in 1818 - Butler, Gleave & Daniels and the partnership was carried on at Stansfield Printworks which I believe was at Vale Mill, Todmorden, Lancashire.  He died early at age 36.

I wonder if anyone knows what was at 29 Marshall Street, Manchester (maybe my post should be under 'Lancashire').  I'd like to find out exactly what he did.

Any help appreciated.

[Brenda KVH]

Hi, I was looking for information on Bookbinders as my GG Grandfather Albert E Broadhurst was indentured in 1896 - 1903 to a Thomas Carter Ltd at Bridgewater Place, High St. Manchester. Any suggestions please. Thanks Brenda

[Maiden Stone]

Hi Brenda. If you can't find anything among the links on this thread, or via google or from Manchester trades directories, you could post an enquiry on a new thread. I think this thread is just for links to useful websites, not for answering individual queries.