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Offline Jaynekb

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Trunk cork maker
« on: Friday 30 August 13 19:36 BST (UK) »
On an ancestor's birth cert, father's profession - Trunk Cork Maker, any idea what type of job this was?

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Re: Trunk cork maker
« Reply #1 on: Friday 30 August 13 21:28 BST (UK) »
Are you sure it is 'cork'? There were Trunk & Port(manteau) Makers, Trunk Lock Makers, Trunk & Box Makers, etc. in the 1881 census.

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Re: Trunk cork maker
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 01 September 13 11:03 BST (UK) »
It could be lock not cork.