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    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....
    Jen
    Avatar: One of my paintings.

    Researching: Brandon.London/M/cr. Tyson.France/Mcr.


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    Well, an apprenticeship was seven years. He may have served this when he was young and then gone sailing instead.

    However, I have numerous instances in my tree of men professing a trade when they never served any apprenticeship, just picked up the skill as they went along.

    OC

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    • #3
      That doesn't sound solvable then OC.........he was a blockmaker/Mariner in 1851 so straight from whatever schooling he had.......up until 1860, where I lost track of him.
      Probably two different people by the looks of it..........clutching at straws again!
      Thanks for that OC.
      Jen
      Avatar: One of my paintings.

      Researching: Brandon.London/M/cr. Tyson.France/Mcr.

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      • #4
        Sounds like 2 different people. Blockmaker could be either printing blocks or "block and tackle" type blocks (pulley sheaves) for ships' rigging. Rigging blocks would be a woodworking trade but printing blocks could involve "hot metal".
        Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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