*Completed (very quickly!) Coal Weaver

[Roger The Hat]

Hi,

I've had a look at an Old Occupations website, but I haven't been able to find a definition for the title "Coal Weaver".
(James Crashley, b.abt. 1844, Waddingham, Lincs.)

Any ideas?

'Hat.

[millymcb]

Could it be Coal Hewer? or Cotton Weaver?

Milly

[JenB]

Are you talking about the James Crashley to be found in Kingston upon Hull in 1891? (source info is always useful  )

I think the occupation is Coal Heaver. A line has been drawn through the lower case 'h' of heaver which makes it look like a 'w'.

Jennifer

[beady]

could it be coal washer

[suzard]

It is definately "coal heaver" on 1891 census

coal heaver - man employed in carrying coal, and especially in putting it in, and discharging it from ships.

James in 1871 was a dockside labourer -so as a coal heaver would still be working at the docks (and not in a coal mine!)

the line which goes through "heaver" also goes through the same word a few lines down -so they both can be mistaken for "weaver"

Suz

[Roger The Hat]

Apologies: RG12 3922 94 Page 11

(Rarely use references, myself!)

It's definitely Coal something.    

I just thought weaving coal would be a particularly tricky occupation - and very messy!


Thank you for the comments so far.  

[JenB]

Apologies: RG12 3922 94 Page 11

(Rarely use references, myself!)

  


I've no doubt the occupation is coal heaver. As suzard has said this would tie up with the earlier occupation of dockside labourer.

[Roger The Hat]

Yes, I can now see where the errant pen stroke is turning the "h" into a "w".

Thank you all very much for helping me tidy up another loose end.


'Hat.

[stanmapstone]

A Coal Heaver, aka coal bagger, coal bag filler; fills coal from trucks or stacks into bags; weighs sack on weighing machine; assists coalman to carry sacks of coal from coal yard or weighing machine to coal cart.

FRom "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"
Stan