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  • What is a 'Hemp Dresser'

    I have an ancestor who was a 'hemp dresser'....that's a new one on me.

    Steve.
    Steve.
    Researching;Fitzjohn:Crouch:Parker:Howlett ;)

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    It sounds like some sort of job related to the mills. Was not hemp used to make sacking or something like that?
    herky
    Researching - Trimmer (Farringdon), Noble & Taylor (Ross and Cromarty), Norris (Glasgow), McGilvray (Glasgow and Australia), Leck & Efford (Glasgow), Ferrett (Hampshire), Jenkins & Williams (Aberystwyth), Morton (Motherwell and Tipton), Barrowman (Glasgow), Lilley (Bromsgrove and Glasgow), Cresswell (England and Lanarkshire). Simpson, Morrow and Norris in Ireland. Thomas Price b c 1844 Scotland.

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    • #3
      Hi Hope this helps - HACKLER (or Hemp Dresser)
      A worker in the linen industry. A person who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth.

      Best wishes
      Rachel
      ukfamilyhistoryresearch

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      • #4
        A hemp dresser was also known as a hackler.
        it was somone who separated the coarse parts of hemp with an instrument with teeth, called a hackle.


        Jay
        Janet in Yorkshire



        Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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        • #5
          Here's a good description of the task and the types of diseases they were likely to suffer from.
          Phil
          historyhouse.co.uk
          Essex - family and local history.

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          • #6
            Thanks Rachel, Jay & Phil,
            You can always rely on a quick reply, looks like not a very nice job from Phil's link.

            Thanks.

            Steve.
            Steve.
            Researching;Fitzjohn:Crouch:Parker:Howlett ;)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by fitzjohn1001 View Post
              Thanks Rachel, Jay & Phil,
              You can always rely on a quick reply, looks like not a very nice job from Phil's link.

              Thanks.

              Steve.
              I don't suppose any of the factory jobs were very nice in those days - no 'elf' and safety!!

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              • #8
                From our 'Big Book of Genealogy' in the Reference Library

                Julie
                They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                .......I find dead people

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