r/Transcription • u/kglizz222 • 1d ago

English Transcription Request Please help decipher

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This is from the 18(??)’s census bureau. What is the job title that is highlighted? It’s my great-great-great grandfather’s occupation

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u/Lexotron 1d ago edited 1d ago

Tinner?

Maybe he worked in a cannery?

EDIT: someone else found it's an alternate name for a tinsmith

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u/LaserGuyDanceSystem 1d ago

Whitesmith is another term for tinsmith