1. A currier is a specialist in the leather processing industry. After the tanning process, the currier applies techniques of dressing, finishing and colouring to a tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof.
1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ramsey Parish: Beith; ED: 1; Page: 15; Line: 1043; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
Record for Robert Ramsey Name: Robert Ramsey Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1797 Gender: Male Where born: Ayrshire, Scotland Civil parish: Beith County: Ayrshire Address: Whang Occupation: Merchant Parish Number: 581 Household Members Age Robert Ramsey 44 Jean Ramsey 40 Alexander Ramsey 20 Janet Ramsey 15 Bryce Ramsey 13 Robert Ramsey 10 William Ramsey 5 John Ramsey 7 Months Martha Lightning 20 Servant
1859 KERR, JEAN (Statutory registers Deaths 581/ 36) Deaths in the Parish of Beith in the County of Ayr 1859. Ramsey, Jean Widow of a Leather Merchant Widow 1859 April Fifteenth 5h. 50m A.M. Whang Street, Beith F. 60 years Parents: Bryce Kerr, Farmer & Miller, Deceased Janet Kerr, Maiden name King, Deceased COD: Appoplexy 6 Days As Certified by Thos. Miller Surgeon Who saw deceased 14th April 1859 Burial Place: Parish Churchyard of Beith As certified by John Cochrane, Sexton Inf. Alexander Ramsey, Son (Present) Registered 1859 April 21st Beith William Duff Registrar
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