A quick search on the net returns hundreds of sites associated with
furniture! It seems to be a germanic word for furniture in modern usage, but
whether this is a hint as to what it means in the 1851 census in North Wales
I know not!
Could it be a mistake by the innumerator, who may have misheard the
occupation?
Adrian James
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From: "Joy Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] Occupation in census return
> I have been looking at the census returns for Gresford, North Wales for
> 1851. One man's occupation is recorded as 'mobler'. Can anyone throw any
> light on what this occupation was? The area was mainly agricultural at
this
> time but there was a brickworks and an ironworks.
>
> Joy Thomas
>
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