In 1901 he was working as a leather dresser & skinner.[1]
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSDM-WSQ : 21 May 2019), John W Freestone, Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Grantham North subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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