Engineer: true or false?

[known_unknowns]

My grandmother, on her 1912 marriage certificate to grandfather, described her father's trade/occupation as "Engineer"; when, in fact, he happened to be a gas stoker at the time of her marriage. He worked with an engine alright, but one that pumped 'town gas' to the locals.

"Cartridge filler" to me, says armaments factory; could the gent concerned be a lathe-worker(?)

[hoolianama0508]

Thanks for responding. I still haven't found the mysterious "engineer."  Perhaps he worked at the armament factory as well. Perhaps if I can research where the arms factory might have been located, it might reveal more clues.

[Rena]

Not many people in those early days when your grandmother was born would have gone to university to learn the trade of engineer.  His family would have paid for his apprenticeship, which would have lasted 5 years minimum.   It's reasonable for anyone working in an armaments factory filling cartridges to have come into contact with engineers on the workshop floor, whether they were mechanical engineers, turners, fitters, etc.  Boilermakers in the engineering trade usually thought themselves as the cream of the crop.

[hoolianama0508]

While searching for the arms factory, I found an article about an ink factory in Highbury that had its own railway line.

http://www.highburycommunity.org/hca_news62.pdf

[g eli]

My 4g grandfather on census and children's marriage certificates was given the occupation of engineer, machinist, and mechanic and several of his sons had the same occupations.
Liz

[Rena]

While searching for the arms factory, I found an article about an ink factory in Highbury that had its own railway line.

http://www.highburycommunity.org/hca_news62.pdf

I was born & bred in Hull which was criss crossed with railway lines.  Most large factories built their own railway sidings on their own land to join up with the local privately owned large rail network.  I should think it likely that a factory manufacturing heavy armaments would possibly have their own wagons and railway lines aswell.