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Re: Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record
« Reply #27 on: Thursday 17 May 18 19:17 BST (UK) »
Annoyingly there doesn't seem to be a consistent mother's maiden name across two of them alas .. so I am probably out of luck on this one.

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« Reply #28 on: Friday 18 May 18 12:21 BST (UK) »
Going back to the original query, I still wonder if he was a ‘Bone Sawer’ - perhaps re furs; skins etc - maybe there were carcasses  ???

Bone was commonly used as a decorative material, being a cheaper alternative to ivory.  Think back to Karen McDonald's excellent link explaining the intricacies of Tunbridge ware; similar work was done in ivory or bone.  Cutting the pieces would be a skilled job, I would think.

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« Reply #29 on: Friday 18 May 18 13:32 BST (UK) »
From " A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"
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Re: Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record
« Reply #30 on: Friday 18 May 18 15:45 BST (UK) »
Thanks Stan, that's a more practical use of bone but on the same lines.

Carol
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Re: Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record
« Reply #31 on: Friday 18 May 18 15:59 BST (UK) »
There would have been a big demand for bone cutlery and shaving brush handles.

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Re: Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record
« Reply #32 on: Friday 18 May 18 17:06 BST (UK) »
That sounds good   :) I never thought of that re cutlery and of course bone buttons etc.

I was thinking of a factory in our town when I was a child which produced a horrid smell - hide, skin and ...( possibly fat) was the name. I think it was a glue factory  ???
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Re: Much appreciate help reading these 4 lines from census record
« Reply #33 on: Friday 18 May 18 17:17 BST (UK) »
Cutlery!  That's the one I couldn't think of - all those bone-handled knives etc., kept for 'best' and never used ::)

And buttons - cheaper than mother-of-pearl and an endless supply :D

Carol
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