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Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« on: Friday 11 September 20 12:31 BST (UK) »
Name on marriage certificate is given as John McLaren but certainly doesn`t look like John. Any ideas?
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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #1 on: Friday 11 September 20 12:36 BST (UK) »
Looks like John me.
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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #2 on: Friday 11 September 20 12:44 BST (UK) »
Any idea of the occupation of Agnes? Some type of powerloom weaver.
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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #3 on: Friday 11 September 20 14:51 BST (UK) »
Agnes is some kind of weaver but do not see power loom however it says in brackets finisher if that is any help.

John's entry is Single and then on same line John -- or at a pinch iain which is john in Scotland -- he is a tilemaker not filemaker ie worked in clay not iron -- files were made in early days by blacksmiths, tiles for floor, walls or roofs.

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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #4 on: Friday 11 September 20 14:53 BST (UK) »
sorry just reread bracketed on his says bachelor and on her spinster not finisher

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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #5 on: Friday 11 September 20 14:56 BST (UK) »
might be something then tambourine weaver ? fancy tambourine weaver or hand tambourine weaver -- a way of making lace?

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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #6 on: Friday 11 September 20 15:30 BST (UK) »
I think John's occupation is Sail-Maker, and Agnes' is Wincey Powerloom Weaver. An internet search for "wincey powerloom weaver" brings up a number of other examples.

Wincey is a Scottish name for a type of cloth also known as Linsey-woolsey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsey-woolsey
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 12 September 20 20:36 BST (UK) »
I also see John's occupation as Sail maker. Compare the S in "Signed."
GRAY - Inveresk; Lanarkshire
LINDSAY - Lanarkshire
PURDIE - Lanarkshire; W. Lothian
POZZI - Elgin; Lancashire
MACKENZIE, MORISON - Isle of Lewis
ARCHIBALD, HAY, HUNTER, SNADDON - Clackmannanshire
COXON, HALL, JACKSON, SHOTTON - Northumberland

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Re: Name given as John McLaren but doesn`t look like John
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 12 September 20 20:56 BST (UK) »
I'm seeing [something] Cambric Weaver for Agnes.