What is this profession please?

[atticus]

I have a letter of Administration and next to the name it has this profession, I think I know what it says but what like to double check, so I am on the right track. So any help, thank you.

word highlighted in box so you get the contect of word

Thank you

I am hoping the image comes out!!

[..claire..]

Hi

Would it be farmer  or Turner ?

claire

[..claire..]

Hi

There is a John Halsall in 1891 census bn Liverpool living Cheshire, occ: Iron Turner.
Could this be right man

claire

[Pels.]

Going by the image, I would go with Turner.

Pels.

[atticus]

Hi Claire,
I think it is him but wanted to make sure that I was reading the name correctly. I first read the occupation as  Farmer and when I looked at the census Turner so I wanted to make sure I was not just trying to make it all fit to suit my family. Also the census is Crewe which  is where the John in the letter lived!


Thank you

[Geoff-E]

He probably worked at the Crewe works of the London and North Western Railway Co.

[atticus]

Thanks Pels.

Geoff, that is interesting. I happened to go through Crewe yesterday on my way back from a research trip to Liverpool. Was that the main place of work for a Turner in Crewe? What is a Turner?

Thank you for all the help

[youngtug]

Thanks Pels.
  What is a Turner?

Thank you for all the help

A turner is a person who uses/operates a lathe to turn round  objects made usually of  wood or metal, although a lot of other materials can and are turned.

[Geoff-E]

Geoff, that is interesting. I happened to go through Crewe yesterday on my way back from a research trip to Liverpool. Was that the main place of work for a Turner in Crewe?

It's almost true to say that there was no Crewe till the railway arrived.

"At its height, Crewe Works employed over 20,000 people"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Works

The works had its own gasworks, brickworks, foundry etc - you can get some idea of its extent here (select on right the 1898 1:2500 map) http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?coords=369600,355800

I image all the terraced streets to the north of the works would have been built by the railway.