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Cooper - 1839

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Can anyone tell me what a cooper's job consisted of circa 1839? Was it delivering barrels of beer?
 
Cooper

Thanks for that, Crom. I don't suppose you would know whether it was a very lucrative job? The ancestor I'm thinking of was quite wealthy I think but I don't know if he brought his money with him from Ireland and I'm trying to find that out.
 
Be job like a Blacksmith or Thatcher took a while to learn but it was not well paid ...
First Pic..A Cooper Making a barrel ......second pic best use for it
 
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