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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Taper Sorter
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:40:52 +0100
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In message <00b601c200b1$2ab7dfa0$>, Jean Dunaitis
<> writes
>Hello
>
>Has anybody any idea what occupation would have involved a 'Taper Sorter'. This
>was the occupation given for my grandmother's father on her marriage certificate
>in 1909. TIA for any suggestions
Tapers are long thin wax (or tallow) covered rods, used for lighting
lamps, church candles etc. They were made either at home or (later) in
places like Price's Candle Factory in S London) and were sold boxed or
bundled in 6s or 12s. Some one had to wait till they were cool and firm,
and sort out sets of even lengths, and then pack them.

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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