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From: "Keith NZ" <>
Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Marine Store Dealer
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 09:55:53 +1200
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From: "Caro Holden" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: [SFK-UK] Marine Store Dealer


>
> Now, I'm interested in Duttons from around Bury, and this James could
> potentially be my GGG grandfather. He would have been 14 at the time.
> However all the references I have for his father, William, describe him as
a
> Hawker. I don't have any other possible matches in my records for the
> dealer from census records or various directories, either from Bury, or
> Lawshall or Cockfield where there were also Dutton families.
>
> Could a Hawker also be a Marine Store Dealer? What exactly might marine
> stores include?

Occupations
The following occupations were commonly practised by Gypsies, who
provided goods and services to local communities in the course of their
travels. The terms dealer and general dealer were frequently used by Gypsies
from the late 19th century, but the terms were also used to describe other
traders and shopkeepers. A marine store dealer was a dealer in scrap
materials.

a.. hawker, licensed hawker, pedlar
b.. basket maker, mat maker, beehive maker, brush maker, chair
bottomer, sieve bottomer
c.. tinker, tinman, razor grinder, knife grinder
d.. dealer, general dealer, marine store dealer, wardrobe dealer
e.. peg maker, umbrella mender, chimney sweep, horse dealer


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