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Coffe Roasters!!!!

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Irene

Irene Report 16 Apr 2006 21:31

I am having trouble finding some rellies but on one of the marriage certs I have the occupation is Coffee Roaster and I wonder if anyone can tell me where in the clerkenwell, or Shoreditch areas one would do this. The year by the way is 1860 Thanks Irene

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Apr 2006 00:34

Isn't there an address on the cert? I don't know about coffee roasting - whether this would mean they worked in a factory, or just in a local cafe/coffee house? Or maybe for a grocery store. I suppose you could see if there are lots of other people in the area on 1861 census doing the same thing? nell

Georgina

Georgina Report 17 Apr 2006 00:50

Irene on the 1881 census there are 207 coffee roasters but I dont know what that entailed. Georgina.

Thelma

Thelma Report 17 Apr 2006 08:35

Coffee roasters 1881 census View Record James Barnes abt 1843 St Pancras, Middlesex, England Head St James Clerkenwell London View Record Henry Fielder abt 1863 St James Picadilly, Middlesex, England Son Clerkenwell London View Record William Rowley abt 1842 London City Of, London, Middlesex, England Head Clerkenwell London View Record Henry E. Stone abt 1825 London, Middlesex, England Head St James Clerkenwell London View Record John Thomas Derton abt 1836 Middlx City, Middlesex, England Head St Leaonard Shoreditch London View Record Robert J. Heslop abt 1857 Hoxton, Middlesex, England Head St Leonard Shoreditch London View Record John Maynard abt 1855 Marylebone Lodger (Head) St Leonard Shoreditch London View Record Walter Nichols abt 1862 Norwich, Norfolk, England Son Shoreditch London View Record John Slaney abt 1848 Islington, Middlesex, England Head Shoreditch London View Record Henry Witawall abt 1864 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Son St Leonard Shoreditch London

Nicholas

Nicholas Report 17 Apr 2006 08:50

Maybe significant, maybe not - there was an Italian community in the Clerkenwell area at that time. Maybe they did their own coffee roasting locally, because they like(d) a darker roast and then realised they could make a business out of it, doing lighter roasts for the indiginous palette too. Just a thought.....