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Offline JoolsAnn123

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Packer Occupation
« on: Monday 19 April 21 11:44 BST (UK) »
Any one know what this occupation is?
James Dyson was apprenticed as a  cloth worker. But on his death cert he was described as a Packer.
Now I have found this...

Also not sure where this address is? He was living at Claremont Place, Bethnal Green on his death
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Packer Occupation
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 April 21 12:41 BST (UK) »
Someone who packaged goods for transit or storage.
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Re: Packer Occupation
« Reply #2 on: Monday 19 April 21 12:45 BST (UK) »
Not absolutely sure - A Dictionary of old trades, titles and occupations -

Pack Thread Spinner - Maker of thread

At least in the right kind of industry  :-\  :)
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Re: Packer Occupation
« Reply #3 on: Monday 19 April 21 12:49 BST (UK) »
Thanks

From the listing it has to be cloth related
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Packer Occupation
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 April 21 00:21 BST (UK) »
With cloth - Packer and Presser of cotton packed and compressed


http://www.census1891.com/occupations-all.php

Other job as PACKER is Packer packs goods such as tobacco, pickles or herring
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