Help with occupation please - Dean, James and George 1861 census - Bilston

[teach3r]

Good morning and thank you in advance for any help that can be given.

I have found the brothers of my wife's GG-Grandfather in the 1861 census and would be grateful for any help in transcribing their occupations.  I think that James is a "Japanner and Tin Plate Worker employing eighty ??? of hands" (whatever that means?).

As for George should I assume that he is unemployed or a partner in the business with his brother?

Thank you.

Nic

[rosie99]

employing eighty pairs of hands 

80 people with 2 hands each 

[teach3r]

Thanks Rosie - Quite a sizeable business then?

Nic

[avm228]

George’s occupation is a ditto of James’, suggesting he’s in the business too.  I’m not sure a ditto is specific/reliable enough to tell you with any confidence what his exact role was, though.

[MaureeninNY]

There's a notice in the newspapers Feb 1865 that the partnership between James H Dean and George J Dean was dissolved....business to be carried on by James H Dean.

Maureen

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
James's Will 3.8.1872 left £1500 (James Hill Dean )
George Jeremiah Dean 1906 £675
father John's pawnbroker PCC Wills on Ancestry 18.4.1857 goes on for pages and pages
brothers Michael Holloway £123 Cardiff 1886  and  John Thomas of Napier NZ 1905 £124
John senior Jappaner 1849 £100 grandfather
All seem quite well off.

Ciderdrinker

[teach3r]

Thanks Maureen - with your prompting I managed to find a few other articles as well.

[teach3r]

Thank you Cider drinker - John's will is going to take some serious reading!!

[trish1120]

Do you have his Baptism?
St Leonard, Bilston;
JAMES HILL Dean 7 Sept 1829 (birth 16 Aug 1829) to JOHN/MARY ANNE, Father a Jappaner
(FreeREG)

I noticed he was widowed in 1861.

A sad story.
 
Burials;
Mary Ballinger Dean 25 Aug 1859 age 30
Christopher Ballinger Dean 25 Aug 1859 age 3 days
(FreeREG)

Baptism;
Christopher Ballinger Dean 20 Aug 1859 Parents James Hill Dean and Mary Ballinger Dean.
(FreeREG)

Marriage;
1858 to Mary Ballinger HARRIS
(FreeBMD)

Trish