If a man changed trades in 1860, from a blockmaker/Mariner to Whitesmith,
How long would he have to train to entitle him to be called a Whitesmith?
I ask because, the man in question had died by 1863, after marrying in 1860, and as I have never been able to find him under the 1st trade (given on his marriage lines), I was wondering if he could have changed his trade perhaps because his wife (whose own father was a Master Mariner) did not want him going to sea....
How long would he have to train to entitle him to be called a Whitesmith?
I ask because, the man in question had died by 1863, after marrying in 1860, and as I have never been able to find him under the 1st trade (given on his marriage lines), I was wondering if he could have changed his trade perhaps because his wife (whose own father was a Master Mariner) did not want him going to sea....
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