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Brasscaster journeyman

Astonian

gone but not forgotten
HI GUYS
I HAVE LEANT FROM A BIRH CERTIFIC THAT ON OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE TREE WAS TITLED FOR A PROFFESSION
A BRASS CASTER JOURNEYMAN CAN ANYBODY ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO EXCACT WHAT THAT IS PLEASE
I UNDERSTAND THE WORD BRAS CASTER BUT NOT THE JOURNEYMAN;
MANY THANKS Astonian;
 
A Journey Man was a time served apprentice who met the requirements to be accepted as a competent tradesman.

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hi bernard
many thanks for your time and for letting me know the answer to my question asthis was on one my ancesters birth certif
as the fathers proffession and i have never heard that expression before for the birth of a child
have a nice day bernard best wishes as always [ aLAN] Astonian;;;
 
Just a bit more - I was only half awake when I firs replied.

journeyman [ˈdʒɜːnɪmən]n pl -men1. (Business / Commerce) a craftsman, artisan, etc., who is qualified to work at his trade in the employment of another
2. (Business / Commerce) a competent workman
3. (Business / Commerce) (formerly) a worker hired on a daily wage[from journey (in obsolete sense: a day's work) + man]


Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
 
So it isn't cannrcted to one specific trade My great grandad was listed as a journeyman in one of the census, but there was no indication as to what his trade was, he had been a domestic gardener at one point and also had a dairy round, would either of these class as a trade
Sue
 
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