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From: "Hugh Watkins" <>
Subject: Re: [MON] Finding Work C19th/Strays
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:57:22 +0100
References: <000301c86939$1f0edfe0$71684ed5@laptop><003301c86960$05a47520$0100000a@lynpc>
In-Reply-To: <003301c86960$05a47520$0100000a@lynpc>


masons have always been mobile - since the church and cathedral building times

a master mason would get a contract and send for journeymen he could trust

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/census/uk/default.aspx

Record
Preview
Name: William Prowse
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Ugborough, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Ermington
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Mason
Registration district: Plympton St Mary
Sub-registration district: Yealmpton
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Prowse 70
William Prowse 72



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Match quality: 3 out of 5 William Prowse Elizabeth abt 1809
Ugborough, Devon, England Head Ermington, Devon
View Record

Match quality: 3 out of 5 William Prowse Sarah A. abt 1861
Exmouth, Devon, England Son Littleham, Devon
View Record

Match quality: 3 out of 5 William Prowse Eliza abt 1831 Chudleigh,
Devon, England Head Kensington, London

using Keyword(s) mason
with Prowse shows a dynasty of masons in 1881

Samuel Prowse Sarah I. abt 1858 Newport, Wales Head Rotherfield,

http://www.findmypast.com/CensusChooseSearchType.jsp

allows occupations in all census searches

Hugh W

On 07/02/2008, Lyn Nunn <> wrote:
> Dick
>
> There were also newspapers.
>
> regards
>
> Lyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Richard Fowler
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 7:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: [MON] Finding Work C19th/Strays
>
> How would a young man, a stonemason/builder know about and find work on the
> other side of the country in the days before modern communications?
>
> Several instances in my family made me ponder this: eg
>
> GGF William PROWSE (m1856) moved his growing family from Christow in Devon
> to Newton Abbott (c 1860) then to Bristol (c 1866- allegedly re the Clifton
> Bridge developments) and on to Newport (c 1876- built houses and public
> buildings, eg old Maindee Police Station) .
>
> My favourite theory- and that is all it is - is that he was a Freemason and
> a minor subcontractor on Brunels projects and shadowed the great mans
> movements via 'networking' as we would call it today (ie the Lodge, the site
> and the Pub!)
>
> GGFs eldest son, also William Prowse b 1857/8 Devon lka with family in
> Bristol 1871 census 'disappeared' completely, presumably about the time the
> family moved to Newport. Where?. His younger brother Samuel popped up
> married to a young widow and restoring the church in the small East Sussex
> village of Rotherfield in 1881. How?? Did William and Samuel just take a
> chance and head for London?
>
> TIA Dick Fowler
>
>
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