Ancestry of George Gale (*1846)
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Silvester Gale
* 1819 Bridport, Dorset
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Mary
* 1820 Bridport, Dorset
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(Twine Spinner) |
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George Gale
* 1846 Bridport, Dorset
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Left:
Hemp rope.
Right: At an archaeological site in Egypt
4000 years old
rope has been found.
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Rope Walkers
Left: In Bridport an old building exists on a street by that name
(Dorsetlife.)
Click photo to see street sign.
Those working in the rope and thread industry were called Rope Walkers.
The most successful period for the flax and hemp trade was from the late 18th to the late 19th century. The relative prosperity of this period saw the construction of houses for the merchant classes and the rebuilding of many of the outworkers' cottages.
The surrounding district had hundreds of small wheel spinners for making twine for nets and several large rope walks for rope making.
(From peacehavens.co.uk)
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Silvester Gale and Mary
They lived (census data
1851, 1861) in St Michaels Lane, Bridport, Dorset.
Children:
1841 Ellen, 1843 Emily, 1844 Mary,
1846 George,
1850 Fanny, 1852 Elizabeth, 1853 William F,
1855 Jane, 1856 John W, 1859 Walker, 1860 Alexander.
In 1861, Fanny and the younger children went to school,
Ellen, Emily and Mary were already "twine spinner",
George was then "dresser".
All family data is from census records.
(2021.05.18) begun April 2021
