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*****BMDMAD*****

*****BMDMAD***** Report 3 May 2005 17:56

Thanks everyone for the info. I will look up the web sites later, I've ony just got in from work and have to do dinner first!! My card glazier lived in London so don't think cotton mill would tie in I post a message later if I find out. Dinners in the oven, better than in the dog!! I can't find it on any of the web sites, maybe it will remain a mystery?

Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC)

Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC) Report 2 May 2005 22:53

Greeting's Little Caz..... Other possibilities come to mind..... Card Glazier. Finishes off the glaze on photo's or in the manufacture of gloss card ? Lead Glazier. Could the copper plate hand script have been mis transcribed as Card Glazier in stead of Lead Glazier ? MIKE.

Bob

Bob Report 2 May 2005 22:33

Neareest I can find is: CARD CLOTHIER (textile) Replaces worn clothing on carding machine cylinders, employing knowledge of machine operation and carding process: Removes worn clothing and aligns, levels, and spaces cylinder evenly on machine frame. Marks cylinder to indicate location of wooden plugs and replaces defective plugs, using handtools. Cleans surface of cylinder with solvent to remove oil and rust. Tapers end of card clothing fillets with knife so strips can be wound parallel over circumference of cylinder. Tacks end of fillet to cylinder plugs and guides fillet as fillet is wound onto cylinder, packing each strand tightly against preceding strand. Tacks fillet to cylinder at specified intervals along chalked line. May grind reclothed cylinder. Carding is a weaving process so most job titles with card in them relate to that industry. Bob

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 2 May 2005 22:25

Could it have something to do with working in a woolen mill? A couple of good sites to check out occupations are:- www*cpcug*org/user/jlacombe/terms*html www*gendocs*demon*co*uk/trades*thml Replace the *'s with .'s Liz

*****BMDMAD*****

*****BMDMAD***** Report 2 May 2005 17:54

On the 1881 census my ancester's occupation is Card Glazier?? Have looked at the image to check Does anyone know what this is?