Genealogy Chat

On my gg granmother Louisa Jones marriage cert 1896 her father John Jones (deceased) is described as a stone cutter. I presumed this something to do with stone masonary. But could it be something to do with coal mining as the only cnsus results I can find that are similar to the family names have John in 1891 as a Platelayer n colliery and 1881 as a coal miner. Any help most grateful as this is the only lead I have as such a common name in Wales !!! (One of those commandments I think) lol

Sue

nudge anyone ou ther tonight ?

How old was Louisa when she married and where did the marriage take place?

Sam x

From http://www.amlwchhistory.co.uk/data/occupations.htm

PLATELAYER - men who laid and maintained the railway tracks in Britain and the word actually predates railways being derived from the very old "plateways" which existed hundireds of years ago, mainly for moving coal.


MASON - stonecutter

Id have a look at mining jobs - have a google - it may be that a stone cutter was something to do with putting in a solid foundation or eding for the plateways?

I have a family in Monmouthshire some of whom were miners and others quarrymen. The quarrymen use to term themselves as being stone cutters. Masons fashion and build with stone as opposed to stone cutters who extract it out of quarries.

So possibly a miner, used to hewing out coal could move from one occupation to another?

My grandfather was a stone cutter, and his father owned a stone masons business late. 1870's to 1911. Apart from tombstones., the outside window sills, keystones above doors, and other building accessories were of stone, which today are concrete.

It was through concrete that the business had to be sold to a monumental mason. no work in building trade for stonemasons,

Seems ironic that stonemasons are in short supply today, for renovating churches, and old builings.

My g grandad is described in 1901 at Usworth, DUR as "Coal worker, Stone hewer". I don't know, but I'd imagined the stone hewer bit occurred as they moved from one coal seam to another, and in the cutting of shafts.

I know that some stone was dug from undergound rather than open quarries (Bath for example). Perhaps his job was interchangable.

Sam

Sorry only just got back to you, have been up to Liverpool to visit my Mum in hospital.

Louisa (Jones) married my gg grandad (William Salisbury) on 27th Oct 1896 at Colwyn Bay registry office, she was aged 21.

Could these occupations refer to slate mining?