A person's occupation can be both interesting and useful to a family historian. A few weeks ago in
Same surname, same job, same village I wrote about Peter McQuay and Joseph McQuay. Altogether I have found five McQuay men living around the same time and all recorded as Pin Pointer (or "Tin Painter" in one transcription error!): Henry, John and his father also called John, Joseph and Peter. A summary table is below:
| Date |
Location |
Event |
Person |
His occupation |
His place of birth |
| 1844 Jan 13 |
Warrington, St Paul (1) |
Marriage |
Henry's daughter Catherine [Census: born Ireland, Dublin] |
Pin Pointer |
|
| 1847 Apr 8 |
Stroud, Peaked Elm (2) |
Birth |
Peter's son Charles |
Pin-Pointer |
|
| 1848 Dec 8 |
Redditch (3) |
Death |
Joseph age 26 |
Pin Pointer |
|
| 1848 Dec 18 |
Redditch (3) |
Death |
Peter's son Charles age 1 year and 8 months |
Pin Pointer |
|
| 1850 Dec 8 |
Redditch (3) |
Birth |
Peter's son Charles |
Pin-maker |
|
| 1851 Mar 30 |
Redditch, Britten Street (3) |
Census |
Peter age 30 |
Pin Pointer |
Ireland, Dublin |
| 1852 Jul 16 |
Redditch (3) |
Birth |
Peter's son Joseph |
Pin maker |
|
| 1853 Dec 27 |
Redditch, St Bartholomew (3) |
Marriage |
John and John's father |
Pinpointer |
|
| 1856 Apr 12 |
Aston, Pritchet Street (4) |
Birth |
Peter's son Frederick |
Journeyman Pinmaker |
|
| 1859 Dec 21 |
Redditch (3) |
Death |
John's daughter Alice age 16 months |
Pin maker |
|
| 1860 Feb 1 |
Redditch (3) |
Death |
John's son John Bernard age 4 years |
Pinpointer |
|
| 1861 Apr 7 |
Redditch, Windsor Street (3) |
Census |
John age 32 |
Machinist |
Ireland |
| 1861 Apr 7 |
Aston, Pritchett Street (4) |
Census |
Peter age 38 |
Pin Pointer |
Ireland |
| 1864 Jul 27 |
Birmingham, Ormond Street (5) |
Birth |
Peter's son Albert |
Wire Drawer Journeyman |
|
| 1871 Apr 2 |
Redditch, Unicorn Hill (3) |
Census |
John age 39 |
Pin Machinist |
Ireland, Dublin |
| 1871 Apr 2 |
Birmingham, Sherbourne Street (6) |
Census |
Peter age 51 |
Fender Maker |
Ireland |
| 1877 Jul 25 |
Aston, Saltley Street (7) |
Death |
Peter age 56 |
Machinist |
|
- County of Lancaster, District of Warrington
- County of Gloucester, District of Stroud, Sub-district of Rodborough, Kingstanley (King's Stanley)
- County of Worcester, District of Bromsgrove, Sub-district of Tardebigg (Tardebigge)
- County of Warwick, District of Aston, Sub-district of Duddeston
- County of Warwick, District of Birmingham, Sub-district of St George
- County of Warwick, District of Birmingham, Sub-district of Ladywood
- County of Warwick, District of Aston, Sub-district of Deritend