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On doing a friend's family tree I've come across two occupations; I don't know what they are and would like to give a descriptive. first is a Corporative Scavenger (looks promising, this man was a hardware tradesman before) and the second a Fustian Butter! Could someone please help me out. Thank you.
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Fustian was a woven heavy cotton fabric used in menswear mostly see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fustian
I think the word butter could be incorrect and maybe they meant to write buttoner - or even buffer (perhaps buffing the surface of the fabric).
Corporative Scavenger sounds like a rag & bone man to me!!!
I think the word butter could be incorrect and maybe they meant to write buttoner - or even buffer (perhaps buffing the surface of the fabric).
Corporative Scavenger sounds like a rag & bone man to me!!!
Thanks JK2 I've been back to see the census and on looking closer it's a Fustian Cutter so that's that one found. However, this Corporative scavenger has me beat. In the street there are people who work at the iron mill, I wonder if this has anything to do with his job, or maybe the bloke had a sense of humour!
Thanks again
Thanks again
Found these references on the internet:
Scavenger 1.. The 'scaffie' was a dustman or street sweeper
2. Worker in a jute mill picking up loose bits of material from the floor
Second ref:
In 1901 the cotton industry was the largest employer in Atherton, with 33% of the workforce in the spinning mills, over 60% of whom were women. Census records reveal long-forgotten occupations, which now sound arcane, but were once in common parlance on the streets of Atherton: piecer, scavenger, doffer, slubber, doubler and carder.
It would seem therefore that your scavenger may have been employed in the same cotton mill as the fustian cutter!!!
Scavenger 1.. The 'scaffie' was a dustman or street sweeper
2. Worker in a jute mill picking up loose bits of material from the floor
Second ref:
In 1901 the cotton industry was the largest employer in Atherton, with 33% of the workforce in the spinning mills, over 60% of whom were women. Census records reveal long-forgotten occupations, which now sound arcane, but were once in common parlance on the streets of Atherton: piecer, scavenger, doffer, slubber, doubler and carder.
It would seem therefore that your scavenger may have been employed in the same cotton mill as the fustian cutter!!!
Having read further about scavengers I would say the following:
Scavengers in mills were small children used to scuttle under the machinery & clean up - so I don't think this applies to your search.
I think the man may have been a corporation scavenger - a street sweeper working for the local council. (a hardware tradesman may only have meant that he worked in a hardware shop)
Scavengers in mills were small children used to scuttle under the machinery & clean up - so I don't think this applies to your search.
I think the man may have been a corporation scavenger - a street sweeper working for the local council. (a hardware tradesman may only have meant that he worked in a hardware shop)
My very last word on the subject!!!
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?co mpid=36449
Read the section on street cleansing and refuse disposal
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?co mpid=36449
Read the section on street cleansing and refuse disposal
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