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Offline KDNJ

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Woolwright occupation?
« on: Tuesday 17 January 23 07:20 GMT (UK) »
Trying to help a friend as she has a Woolwright as an occupation on a census. She knows that they are a craftsman but does anyone know what their typical tasks were please?

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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 08:04 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: KDNJ on Tuesday 17 January 23 07:20 GMT (UK)
Trying to help a friend as she has a Woolwright as an occupation on a census. She knows that they are a craftsman but does anyone know what their typical tasks were please?
Could it be a mis-transcribed (and possibly misspelled) wheelwright?

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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 08:16 GMT (UK) »
Could it be a regional term?
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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 08:25 GMT (UK) »
Yes it is a regional term and its deffo not Wheelwright :)

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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 08:30 GMT (UK) »
Is this in Lancashire, by any chance?

Ignore that.  Searching the censuses with no other search term other than "woolwright",  there is approx. 250 returns.

Most were wheelwrights, and so far the rest are shop assistants (or similar term) for Woolwrights.

I thought Woolwright & Co, was only in Lancashire, but I see it is in other areas as well.

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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 09:08 GMT (UK) »
Out of the 250 I mentioned, most were hits just because the name was "Woolwright"
Pre - 1921, a bunch were wheelwrights spelled "weelwright",  and were transcribed wrongly, and the rest were employees of Wheelwright & Co.
The 1921 brought up quite a few returns, but hides occupations behind a paywall so I can't see them.

The only one I can see that definitely said woolwright was corrected by the census taker to wheelwright:



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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 10:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: KDNJ on Tuesday 17 January 23 07:20 GMT (UK)
Trying to help a friend as she has a Woolwright as an occupation on a census. She knows that they are a craftsman but does anyone know what their typical tasks were please?
Any chance of posting a clip of the  census form?

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Re: Woolwright occupation?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 17 January 23 14:12 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: KDNJ on Tuesday 17 January 23 08:25 GMT (UK)
Yes it is a regional term and its deffo not Wheelwright :)
It may be a (very) regional term, but it is not mentioned in my 1932 Webster's, which usually records ancient or obsolescent occupations.
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