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Offline BronwenS

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Summers Jane & John
« on: Sunday 05 August 18 02:14 BST (UK) »
He is a handloom cotton weaver

I think she does something with cotton but I am not quite sure.

thanks Bronwen
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Re: Summers Jane & John
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 05 August 18 11:00 BST (UK) »
Not quite sure either  :-\

Are there other entries on the same page that might have the same occupation and be easier to read?
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Re: Summers Jane & John
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 05 August 18 11:13 BST (UK) »
FindMyPast has it transcribed as cotton tambourer.

Tambourer   
Embroiderer (using hoops to hold the cloth in place) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/glossary/T?
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Re: Summers Jane & John
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 05 August 18 21:48 BST (UK) »
Great thanks I do have someone else as a tambourer and had looked it up in that occasion.

Best wishes Bronwen
Campbell, McKenzie, Ross, MacKay, Munro, Sutherland all of Ross & Comarty
Barry, Gibson, Watson, Summers, Edmonstone, Brock, McCartney all of Glasgow and environs
Erskine, Fletcher of Edinburgh