Mortimer

[Motueka Margaret]

Hoping someone can help please. I am enclosing my GG Grandparent's Marriage Certificate. They were married in Bradford, the month, they emigrated on the ' Bolton' to Nelson, NZ
John Mortimer's father is John - Hair cutter? & Caroline Nichols father is Andrew- Painter & Glazier.
I have found John in the 1841 census? living with Matthew & Ann Gerrish & family in Holt. Interesting that some of the Gerrish children emigrated later to Nelson, NZ
I haven't been able to locate Caroline Nichols or her father Andrew in the 1841 census, or John's father.
On their Death Certificates - John born in Bath, Somerset and Caroline in Suffolk.
Any help would be very much appreciated. regards, Margaret, NZ

[ShaunJ]

I am wondering if that's "stone cutter" rather than  "hair cutter"

[Vance Mead]

The H is the same as in Holt, and the dot on the i is a bit to the right. So I'd said Hair.

I'm not sure why he wouldn't have been called a barber, except for one possibility: hair was also used for a coarse cloth, haircloth or sackcloth. So perhaps he was a coarse cloth cutter?

[KGarrad]

I agree with Hair Cutter - especially as Caroline's occupation is Barber?

[rosie99]

One of the Gerrish children - just checking MMN 
GERRISH, KEZIAH       mmn FERRIS 
GRO Reference: 1838  Dec Quarter in THE BRADFORD UNION  Volume 08  Page 257
..

The witness John Mortimer is possibly his father

[Motueka Margaret]

Thank you Shaun J and Vance - I wondered if father John had something to do with the cloth industry
Thank you K Garrad - I think Caroline's occupation is Burler - which is associated with the cloth industry. Also thank you Rosie 99  re the witness to Keziah Gerrish marriage.  regards, Margaret

[rosie99]

Carolines occupation has been transcribed as Burler 

1. : one that removes loose threads, knots, and other imperfections from cloth.
2. : one that inspects rugs before the finishing process, mends dropped stitches on the back, and pulls matching yarn into spots where tufts are missing or shearing is uneven.

ADDED Got red message but posted anyway 

[Capetown]

?  Could be a connection

Family Search

Marriage at Warminster, Wiltshire (12 miles from Holt)


17 July 1837

Thomas NICHOLLS - aged 24 c 1813

Occupation: Painter & Glazier

father's name: Andrew M P NICHOLLS

Occupation: Painter & Glazier


Sarah TWYFORD aged 21, residence place: Warner

c 1816 - single - occupation: WEAVER

Spouse father's name: John TWYFORD, occupation: Weaver


etc etc.

[rosie99]

I wondered about Andrew Michael Penhall Nicholls earlier, he married at Bradford on Avon to Eliza Hazard on 4th Feb 1812.

ADDED Michael Thomas Nicholls was born February 1813, parents Andrew Michael & Eliza Nicholls at Bradford