Occupation

[BronwenS]

Many thanks - it makes a lot of sense I must say.

Best wishes
Bronwen

[McGroger]

So Clara's dad, the Calico Printer, was probably teaching his daughter the trade.
Peter

[BronwenS]

Indeed and Amos the son.

cheers Bronwen

[philipsearching]

From the OED, the definition of “teerer”:
1895   Oracle Encycl. I. 585/2   For each [calico-] printer an attendant or ‘teerer’ was required—a boy whose duty was to spread evenly the colour on a prepared smooth cloth surface, on to which the printer dipped his block.

1899   R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster ix. 354   Teerer, a boy or girl employed to teer..the colour-sieve stretched..on a frame at printworks.

Steve

TEERER it is.  (Sorry, teezer - you are binned).  I've learned a new word today - yippee! 

Philip

[stanmapstone]

From "The Dictionary of Occupational Terms"