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Cheshire Lookup Requests / Re: Abraham BLACKSHAW b 1806/7 Mobberley
« on: Wednesday 26 April 23 18:03 BST (UK) »
I clearly have some catching up to do! You have details that I do not and go back further than I have managed so far. Are these records from the memorial inscriptions you mentioned?
I have the impression that up until mid-century (19th) that there was a degree of mobility in pursuit of work and they shifted from parish to parish. This suggests to me that they were either unskilled (i.e. labourers) or had non-location skills such as bricklaying. Even so, they did not go too far. My line eventually settled in Wilmslow, presumably because of the mills in the area.
I have the impression that up until mid-century (19th) that there was a degree of mobility in pursuit of work and they shifted from parish to parish. This suggests to me that they were either unskilled (i.e. labourers) or had non-location skills such as bricklaying. Even so, they did not go too far. My line eventually settled in Wilmslow, presumably because of the mills in the area.