Thanks, John - it certainly does clarify things! Have you any idea as to
what the job entailed, especially as to the skills involved?
Best wishes,
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jones" <jonny2(a)totalise.co.uk>
To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Swansea] Tallow Chandler and Copperman
Hi Barry
My Grt. Grandfather was a copperman employed in the Hafod Copperworks,
Hafod
Swansea from the 1860s through 1881 before he became a Tinman in a
tinplate
works in Morriston.
Hope this clarifies things a little.
John Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Johnson" <barry.johnson1(a)virgin.net>
To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Swansea] Tallow Chandler and Copperman
> Thanks, HJ, but I'm still doubtful as to whether a "Copperman" has
anything
> to do with the metal "copper", as compared to "Coppersmith", for
example.
>
> When I was a boy, we had an outside washroom with a "copper" in it - a
large
> metal container over a bricked fireplace, used for boiling up the weekly
> wash, before washing machines came along. At sea, similar "coppers"
were
> used aboard sailing ships in the galley, for cooking. I
didn't mention
this
> in my posting, in the hope that something related to it might come up,
> without having been prompted by me!
>
> I'm wondering whether a Copperman might have been employed in the
rendering
> down of tallow, but a search of the internet hasn't come up with
anything
> yet.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Barry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alwyn Jenkins" <B4ANY(a)swansea3.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Swansea] Tallow Chandler and Copperman
>
>
> > He would have worked in a Copper Works. Swansea was known as
> "Copperopolis"
> > in the mid to late 1800's. Many changed their jobs for the better
paying
> > ones in copper works.
> > HJ
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barry Johnson" <barry.johnson1(a)virgin.net>
> > To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 7:00 PM
> > Subject: [Swansea] Tallow Chandler and Copperman
> >
> >
> > > In the 1851 Swansea Census, Titus DAVIES, born Swansea c.1822, is a
> Tallow
> > > Chandler.
> > >
> > > According to an 1854 birth certificate, the father, Titus DAVIES, is
a
> > > Copperman, and in the 1861 Census, Titus DAVIES, also
born Swansea
> c.1822,
> > > is a Copperman. It seems reasonable to suppose that these two are
the
> > same
> > > man.
> > >
> > > I believe that a Tallow Chandler was a maker and seller of tallow
> candles,
> > > but what did a Copperman do? How skilled a job was it, and how
likely
> > would
> > > it be that a 29 year old Tallow Chandler would get married and
become
a
> > > Copperman within the space of 3 years?
> > >
> > > Barry Johnson
> > > Monmouthshire
> > >
> > >
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