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Jul 12, 2012 · To be a journeyman was to be employed, not independent. Jan posted a correct explanation but don't take it as a definition of the term 'journeyman' that's correct for all time*. In the 19th century work patterns and terminology were changing and in the perod you're talking about the old apprenticeship system was weaker.
In 1871 my great grandfather was a 16 year old painter alongside his father. Married in 1877 (I'm waiting on certificate to see his occupation). The 1881 census has him as 'plasterer'. On the birth registration in 1889 of his daughter, my great grandfather was described as 'plasterer journeyman' - great grandma was the informant.
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Nov 4, 2013 · Ok, there are various definitions of a journeyman, and there is a lovely thread explaining all on here somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. But a letterpress printer might be what is called a compositor these days. They took each letter individually and placed it into a form, tightened it up, printed the page and took it all to bits at the end.
A journeyman is someone who has served his apprenticeship and is now free to work for himself/others rather than tied to the place he served his apprenticeship. Mark 13-08-2008, 12:39 PM #3
Nov 10, 2006 · Hi, Does anyone know where I can look for information about a journeyman painter. Unfortunatly my Thomas Robinson was abroad in the 1861 census and dead by 1871. On his daughter's [Susanna born 1855 Camberwell] birth certificate it said he was a painter journeyman.
Aug 8, 2015 · many thanks for your information about this book. It helps me to understand the problems faced by my gg grandfather, who was a journeyman tailor and died of consumption at the age of 44, leaving a widow and two young daughters. No wonder his daughters had no education and in 1895 could not even sign their names
Quite a few men of my ancestors were tailors – either ‘journeyman’ or ‘master’ tailor. I am assuming that there was some regulatory/governing body (or Guild) that assessed a tailor’s expertise and upgraded their status – from apprentice to ‘journeyman’ for example.
Hi there Richard and Waitabit, Did you have any luck finding records, I've just discovered several generations of Bakers in London and the surrounding areas, from my Great Grandfather back to my 3 x Great Grandfather, starting in Buckinghamshire, then moving into London, from the early 1800's onwards to at least the 1920's.
I know he was a tailor or a journeyman tailor for ladies so I was wondering if anyone had looked into this type of thing before Tailor guild records / journeyman tailor https://www.british-genealogy.com
