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Question: What is a Ginwright!?
I have been doing some research on my husbands family and he has an uncle that was a "ginwright by trade"!. Anyone know what that is!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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GIN WRIGHT - Builds cotton gins

http://www!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.com/~txgrim!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It means his uncle was a cotton gin manufacturer!. The site below says:
"The constant aim of every gin manufacturer (never completely realized) was to make a saw gin that would not damage the cotton fiber!. Roller gins were impractical for short staple cotton!. "Www@QuestionHome@Com

A gin can be a machine!. Think of cotton gin!.
Good chance that he made machinery, not booze!.Www@QuestionHome@Com