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From: Liz <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Professions
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:38:05 +0100
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wrote:
>
> Please could you tell me what a "skinner" and a "cordwainer" were in
> Newcastle Upon Tyne at the beginning of the 19th century?

A skinner removed the skins from slaughtered animals

A cordwainer was a shoemaker ( NOT a shoe-repairer - that was a cobbler)

Cordwainer derives from Cordova in Spain originally, source of fine
shoe-leather at one time. The French used the word Cordonnier.
>
> These occupations appear on an 1843 marriage cert. where the happy couple
> were both minors. What was the maximum age of a minor in thise days?

Max 20. One 'came of age' at 21.

Liz (Greenwich UK)

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