Got a question for you, the census reference is HO1071232 15 to double check. What did a white smith do, I know what a black smith did and are they related?
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Yes related. Both operated smithies, ie heated and shaped metal but whitesmiths worked with white metal which I think would be tin, silver etc (though come to think of it tinsmiths and silversmiths also existed!)Judith passed away in October 2018
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So assuming William Key, (Charlotte's father) is an ancestor of mine, where would they have come from. I associate tin mining with Cornwall and I do have relatives that have gone from Hull to Cornwall, so why not the other way round. I will be getting hold of the Wilson/Key marriage certificate to make sure I am not going off at a tangent very soon.
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