Fred Auty - A Cornet Player in the tree

Nice to get a little "flesh on the bone" of some distant relatives. In amongst the usual wool weavers and general labourers, noble trades I'm sure, I found Fred Auty (4th cousin, 4 times removed), listed as a Cornet Player or later a "Cornettist"!

Auty Genealogy :: Auty Family Genealogy: "When Fred moved back to Yorkshire he left behind a son, Charles F Auty. Charlie had been well trained by his father who I am told also trained his two daughters and his wife, to play the cornet.
Apart from playing with the Borough Band he would often conduct the band when required to do so, but like his father, Charles also interested in orchestral work and formed and conducted his own orchestra, very well known as the "Bohemians". This type of band or orchestra would often be engaged by travelling pantomimes and plays appearing at the local theatres but also played for public dances and private parties held by the gentry."

Go Fred!

Cloth Percher

Historic occupation #3 in one evening: CLOTH PERCHER

The job seems to be a quality control role, checking for imperfections and stains in the material.

Occupations: Piecener

Another old occupation stumbled across: PIECENER: one who worked in a spinning mill, employed to piece together any threads which broke (usually a child or woman).

Shoddy Mill

Stumbled across a job title I'd never heard before: Teamer at Shoddy Mill.

A SHODDY MILL appears to be a Mill which produced clothing made from material created by grinding old rags (I guess today this would be called recycling!). This seems to be responsible in part for the term "shoddy" as in "shoddy workmanship".

A TEAMER seems to be an occupation relating to driving or organising teams of horses.