Occupation

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:10 pm

on 1851 free-cen, I have a couple of the females with occupations listed as FLURER, can anyone tell me what this is?

Thank you
Sandra

frances · Post by **frances** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:27 pm

Hello Sandra,

The nearest I can see is a Fuller --someone who cleaned the cloth to remove the natural oils and lanolins in preparation for spinning etc.

Frances

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:35 pm

Yes think you might be right, there are a couple of weavers and a Pirn filler in the family.

Thank you
Frances

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:11 pm

Another occupation it might be is "flowerer" - with Scots pronounciation, Flurer would sound the same.
HAND FLOWERER: ladies living mainly in rural locations who embroidered flowers or similar designs on muslin or cambric
http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/fami ... ations.php

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **paddyscar** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:25 pm

Hi Sandra:

There are also some previous postings about flowerers on TalkingScot including http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... t=flowerer Others can be found by selecting the Blue Search Button above and entering ther term flowerer in the search field.

Hope this helps,
Frances