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From: James Nevius <>
Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR'] OCCUPATIONS IN 19th CENTURY
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:02:10 -0400
References: <MB08VhEUsebmspH2q6D0000bf64@MB08.myfamilysouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <MB08VhEUsebmspH2q6D0000bf64@MB08.myfamilysouth.com>

As best I know, a gold-beater hammered gold into leaf for gilding.

There's a nice excerpt from "The Book of Trades" at
<http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=article&byte=1560527&isize=M>;

Regards,
James

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On 15 Aug 2005 13:34:21 -0600,
<> wrote:
> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> Surnames: SCHULTZE, SECKLER, TOTTEN, BAMPTON, SCHLESSINGER, LOEBENBERG/LABENBERG; DILLE/DILLEY, ERWIN, BURCHAM, THOMAS, HARRIS, SMITH, WATKINS, KEYTON, REED, JAMISON and related families
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> Message Board Post:
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> I have searched the Brooklyn website under "occupations" but I have one listed on several U.S. Census records that is not listed. Can anyone tell me what a "gold beater" did?
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> Thank you,
>
> Roberta Schultze
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