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    Looking for information about Tin Plate Workers in the early 1800s.

    I found a poster in one book for the "Annual Report of the Union . . . including a list of the members and those men who have not joined the society" dated 1825.

    Anybody know how to find such a list?

    How to find businesses in that same time period? I have an ancestor who refers to himself as a "Contractor" - are there records that might give more info? I have looked thru some of the Tin Plate Workers' records, but didn't find much.

  • #2
    Depends where your interest lies but both Cornwall and parts of Devon are well known for their Tinmining so you could try googling both areas. There are 7 Stanary towns in Devon, Tavistock is one of them. The County Record Offices will have details of tin mining in both counties. Big Libraries such as the one in Plymouth has a lot of information on the Stanary Towns.

    Janet

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    • #3
      I would expect to find tin plate workers in the early Industrial Revolution areas such as the Black Country. Tin-plating of sheet iron would be by dipping the iron sheet in a bath of acid before dipping it in molten tin. This was nearly a century before electroplating was invented.
      Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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      • #4
        You could also try the folowing:



        A tinplate worker can work anywhere as basically he is just a person who works with tin so anywhere in the country where tin is found you will find a tinplate worker. There are many in Wales as well as London and the North of England

        Janet
        Last edited by Janet; 24-02-11, 22:51.

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        • #5
          I have a Joiner who was also an Ironmonger & Tinplate worker (this was Lancashire 1841-1870) so your man as a "Contractor" may also have had multiple skills. (Two of his sons went on to specialise in joinery, the other two on the metalwork side)

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          • #6
            I'm not certain, but the "Annual Report..." you quote, may be in the British library, which holds a copy of every book ever published. I'm not exactly sure if this would be classed as a book or not!

            However, to find out. go to your local library and ask them to order you a copy through the inter lending library system. If the book/publication is not for public lending, you can ask for it to be photocopied but beware, it is something like £1 per page.

            OC

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            • #7
              Sorry, I didn't provide enough details. London, Middlesex, MEOT.

              His father always listed himself as TPW altho I found no apprenticeship or freedom for him.

              John Bidgood Mitchell, born 1803, died 1875, was a labourer, warehouseman, annuitant, contractor, and -once- TPW on the various records I've found of him. I also did not find any TPW records for him.

              Any way to find the business he was in, or are there annuity records still in existence?

              And, my local library takes dollars, not pounds. I don't think there's an easy way for me to request records from British libraries or Institutions.
              Last edited by PhotoFamily; 25-02-11, 03:59.

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              • #8
                The Guidhall Library in London, the Manuscripts Section, used to have all the Tinplate Workers Apprenticeships, but now these have been passed to the London Metropolitan Archives as of last year,so your best bet is to contact LMA to see if they will undertake a search for you. There will obviously be a cost, but you can e mail them to see how they can help you.



                Below is the site search where I keyed in Tinplate in the search terms box and came up with a number of names.

                http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwi...NGLE=Y&ERRMSG=[WWW_LMA]err.htm

                You did not say whether or not you tried to find the tinplate workers apprenticeships through Guildhall or LMA but if you have been searching in these areas for the last two to three years you may have had difficulty locating as both Guildhall and LMA have been in turmoil with rebuilding and accession to many documents being difficult if not impossible, but now both places are up and running, so worth trying LMA. Trade Directories for the London area of your interest may also help and many countries have access to these on microfilm, so worth investigating your nearest major library, Family History Centre or LDS cerntre


                Janet
                Last edited by Janet; 25-02-11, 11:47.

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                • #9
                  And, my local library takes dollars, not pounds. I don't think there's an easy way for me to request records from British libraries or Institutions.
                  Don't be too certain of that. there is an international facility for lending/borrowing. Your library pays the international bit, and you have to reimburse them. You'd want to check just how much it was going to cost before making a commitment!

                  I ordered a microfilm from a Canadian Library, and it turned up safely at my local branch, here.

                  Christine
                  Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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                  • #10
                    Some of my ancestors were tin plate workers, in St Helens, Lancashire in the early/mid 1800s. This may be interesting for you:
                    Best wishes, Polly

                    Begley - St Helens & Liverpool & somewhere in Ireland; Foster - Liverpool & Yorkshire (Ripon & Leeds); Pendleton - Huyton & Liverpool; Milnes - Leeds & Ripon; Banister - Preston; Wales - Liverpool & Cumberland; Ireland - Prescot; McDonough - Liverpool; Quirk - Liverpool; Hunt - St Helens; Tickle - St Helens

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                    • #11
                      My GG Grandfather William Russell was born and grew up in Staffordshire. I haven't been able to find out anything about him until he married in Birmingham and then immediately moved to Kent.
                      There he was an Ironmonger and tin plate worker. I'd certainly like to find out if he did an apprenticeship in Staffordshire. It could lead me to finding his parents.

                      June

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                      • #12
                        The London tinplate workers' records that I've looked at are much like the fishmonger records I've looked at: they often list the father if the individual was apprenticed or freedom was gained by patrimony. Not so on the one's by redemption.

                        I don't know what guild he would have been in in Birmingham or Kent, or where those records would be located.

                        Sarah

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                        • #13
                          another name for tpw is tin basher worked on early ducting for factories, this is the worker of the material not the producer(tpw) who probably worked in a foundry.

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