What was a Boal Maker

[Peterichards]

Ancestors in West Bromwich pudlers moulders etc but one is a boal maker, is this boat maker misspelt or an actual profession associated with iron works have googled result was a waist of time.
Thanks in advance.

[Peterichards]

Ancestors in West Bromwich pudlers moulders etc but one is a boal maker, is this boat maker misspelt or an actual profession associated with iron works have googled result was a waist of time.
Thanks in advance.

as a newby to this site I accidentally posted same request in the Beginners advice

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[[Ray]]

Hi

Would you point  us to ( the name of) the person and where you found the referenceto "boal" ?

Regards
Ray

[roopat]

Sorry I can't help you but our local town is a port & has a Boal Quay, my OH (local born & bred) has no idea what the word means so I'll be watching this thread with interest. I always assumed it was a strange local dialect word but maybe not.

[tomkin]

I would say that it is Boat Maker. A further clue would be if he lived near a Canal or River.

   One of my Ancestors was a Boat Maker on the Canal.

[[Ray]]

 .. .. .. and, poss mis-transcription of boiler(-maker)
 .. .. .. and, as already mentioned,  " Boal Quay ", as in Kings Lynn Norfolk

[gingernut1]

There are a couple (or more) Manders families from the Black Country area - they may or not be connected.   Some were boatmen others were  involved in construction of boats and related matters - so I am thinking that your 'boal' should have read 'boat'

[[Ray]]

Which is why I asked for details of the source . . . . .
" Boal Quay " (to me) s/be "Boat" if only because the word Quay was used.

[[Ray]]

Peterichards
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