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Title: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: Jang on Saturday 25 July 20 08:24 BST (UK)
William Bennie was buried in Glasgow in 1768. His occupation seems to read "causwager" but I can't find anything even remotely similar. Can anyone help?

Jan
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: pharmaT on Saturday 25 July 20 08:40 BST (UK)
It does look like causwager.  Causey were cobblestones so perhaps something to do with that?
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: Rhododendron on Saturday 25 July 20 08:43 BST (UK)
Could that be a "y" and not a "g"?  The occupation could then be Causewayer.  (If there is such an occupation).
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: Jebber on Saturday 25 July 20 08:50 BST (UK)
I read it as Causwayer, probably an abbreviation of causeway maker, someone who built the cobbled roads.
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 25 July 20 08:51 BST (UK)
From the OED
Causey; Chiefly Scottish and dialect.  To pave with small stones.

Stan
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: mckha489 on Saturday 25 July 20 08:53 BST (UK)
A person who was involved in road repairs from the term causewaying (Scottish c1800).


http://www.talesmyancestorstoldme.org/utilities/GWFoccupations.html
Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 25 July 20 09:46 BST (UK)
From The Greenock Advertiser 02 September 1856

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Title: Re: Need help with this occupation please
Post by: Jang on Saturday 25 July 20 11:17 BST (UK)
Thanks everyone, that's great info, much appreciated.

Great website, Mckha489, I've bookmarked that one.

Jan