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    Spangle
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    Default Googling occupation not surname!

    Has anyone any tips on how I might Google the occupation of cooper in Bermondsey? All I get (unsurprisingly!) is a host of people with the surname Cooper when what I am hoping to find is an insight into the life of my ancestor, John Robbins, who lived in Bermondsey and worked as a cooper!

    Any advice would be much appreciated - thank you.

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    Try adding a word like adze to your search - a tool used by coopers!
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    Hi

    website of old occupations:
    https://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c2.html

    Cooper:
    Made or repaired vessels made of wooden staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.


    And some other sites to try, some with more on cooper .

    https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Occupations.html
    https://www.rmhh.co.uk/occup.html
    https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....cupations.html
    https://www.abandoned.org/world/alpha/other/occupa.txt
    https://www.rootsweb.com/~engsts/potters1.html Pottery industry specific
    https://www.jbsumner.com/pages/brewin.../glossary.html Brewing industry specific
    https://www.cyndislist.com/occupatn.htm


    Brian

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    You could try some of the following phrases. It's worthwhile searching under both 'the web' and 'pages from the UK'. I've used the 19th century as an example.

    - 19th century Bermondsey occupations
    - historical Bermondsey occupations
    - online resources bermondsey 19th century occupations
    - pdf bermondsey 19th century occupations
    - history coopering
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    Spangle
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    Thank you! I think I am going to be busy for a while!

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