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Does anyone know what the occupation of brush stock turner was ? 22 year old male ancestor was one.  Was it making handles for brushes.Would love to learn more about occupation if anyone knows.
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Started tracing back my gt gt grandfather John Francis Smith.
He and his family resided in Linthorpe Middlesbrough at various addresses from C1875 onwards.
He was a stocktaker of iron (and later steel) until in his 60s he became nightwatchman at the steelworks in Middlesbrough.
On census from 1891 onwards he is shown as being born Newport Monmouthshire c1850
However on 1881 census he is shown as being born in the county of essex and low and behold there is a village of Newport in Essex but so far I unable to trace John or his father Francis there.
However I have been unable to trace the family back in Newport Monmouthshire either!! The last trace I have is in 1872.
On 19th May 1872 John Francis Smith married Mary Jenkins at St Woolos Newport Monmouthshire.
The marriage cert states John was 22 and that his father was Francis Smith occupation stocktaker of iron.
Marys father is given as Hercules Jenkins butcher.
Witnesses all from Jenkins side
There is a Smith family shown in 1851 Census residing in Arkesden Essex( the parish Newport came under) and

Hi have been researching my cox family.Have i reached the end of the road?  Have maria cox in 1841 census in aberystruth .she is residing with the arble family who have quite a few lodgers.maria is shown as cock not coxand of no trade.also lodging there is william button. believe maria had travelled to aberystruth from somerset to marry william.they were married crickhowell 1841.i have traced william back to frome .his father was aaron button.on wedding cert marias father is named as james cox. having presumed maria came from frome also i have looked at records c1820/21 for her bapt.so far i have found a maria cox born 30.6.1819 bapt 5.8.1820at holy trinity frome.but there is also a maria cox bapt 8.12.1822 at westbury and guess what parents of both are james and mary cox!!! looking at records there are lots of james coxs. on the 1851 census maria is still living at aberystruth along with her daughter caroline button aged 8 and son charles aaron button aged 7.caroline was born in frome.marias husband william is in bromley middlesex (maria and children have joined him there in 1861 and they have had two more children. )in 1851 census maria is residing with john cox and his family at aberystruth.john is 6 years older than maria and could be her brother. he is married to martha. john gives his place of birth as rode somerset his wife martha gives her place of birth as milverton somerset. i have looked for john cox but after finding lots of john cox marrying lots of marthas all over somerset but not in rode!

My question as someone recent to family history do i assume the maria born in frome in 1819 is mine? Or should i keep trying to find john cox in rode and try and trace the cox family back that way.or is there not much likihood that i will ever be able to trace the cox family back further than maria.? Any advice appreciated.

Looking for parents of susannah garrod b c1804 married william simpson in nov 1822, their daughter ellen simpson married william rands at shotley.Simpson family came from Stutton.any info appreciated