Does the team think....

[Blackmogs]

That William is a tiler plasterer? Would not have thought they existed in 1841, just goes to show.

 

[Daft Bat]

Dual skills?

Mind you, think of the tiles in Portugal, Greece, Italy....

 

[Blackmogs]

Dual skills?

Mind you, think of the tiles in Portugal, Greece, Italy....

That's true.

 

[Schnurrbart]

In the 1841 Census there were 11854 male and 79 female Plasterers and 688 male and one female Tilers. The breakdown does not include the figures for Master Alabaster Plaster Casters

 

[Blackmogs]

In the 1841 Census there were 11854 male and 79 female Plasterers and 688 male and one female Tilers. The breakdown does not include the figures for Master Alabaster Plaster Casters

Did you use Checkatrade or Trusted Traders for that info? Seriously, fascinating, ta.

 

[Ma-dotcom]

It does say 'tiler' 'plasterer', so up there fore either eh?

 

[Schnurrbart]

It doesn't say whether it's floor tiles, wall tiles, or both, but I was thinking chimney breasts. Tiled inserts for the cast iron fireplace and plastered wall, not forgetting the mantlepiece.

 

[Londoner]

It would be different if he was working indoors or out. Plastering a wall and then tiling as per kitchens and bathrooms. Or, as is common here in Cornwall, tiling (slating) a roof using the "wet lay" method of setting the slates in a lime plaster and then pargeing the underside. I'm not a builder but have been party to a couple of renovations!

 

[mikejee]

Would not have thought there was much business for bathrooms, or tiling in kitchens in 1841. Surely those developments were more recent

 

[Auburn]

In 1861 my gg granddad Edwin was one of a gang of 4 plasterers lodging in Stretford, Manchester.
They all came from Oxford. Seems a long way from home but I guess they went where the work was.
Edwin's wife was back home in Oxford with her newborn son.
Took a bit of finding as a certain well known site transcribed Oxford as Dorford.
No mention of tilers!