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Victorian occcupations
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Ian | Report | 19 Apr 2009 08:57 |
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I have found some ancestors in Newington, Surrey shown in the 1841 and 1851 census returns as "Ball maker". Anyone have any ideas what this means? |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 19 Apr 2009 09:14 |
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This is the best I can come up with |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 19 Apr 2009 09:14 |
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couldn't it just be as simple as someone who made balls? ie footballs, cricket balls, tennis balls, etc :-) |
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ann | Report | 19 Apr 2009 09:33 |
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Ian,On old occupations it came up with Baller and Baller up,which is a Potters Assistant measuring balls of clay also a cotton baller.Not sure if its the same as Ball maker? Annie |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 19 Apr 2009 09:54 |
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Golf Ball maker is all I can find in old newspapers so far. They tended to live near golf links. |
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