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From: "Eddie Hann" <>
Subject: Re: [DOR] occupation query
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:53:19 +0100
References: <DMEBIDOEHOEKMIIIHOPIIEPPCDAA.mari@viertel.org>


Hi Mari

A cordwainer was another name for a shoemaker. Think its derivation is from
somebody who works in cordovan - a type of soft leather from Cordoba in Spain

Eddie

> Hello listers,
> I just found the occupation "cordtwainer" in the 1851 census and wondered if
> anyone could tell me what it was (my dictionary failed me on this one)
>
> Mari


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