cllnruggles

Yes , I think I will persue the lighthouse keeper idea and see what I can turn up....thanks

Well thanks for your ideas I thought that maybe a fishing company might have had standards they held their employees to as in.. we don't want anything shorter than 12 inches and maybe even paid an employee that would do the sorting..I'm stumped ..although the lighthouse idea was interesting....I will dig deeper and find the answer to this mystery..thanks from clear over in Oregon where steelhead and salmon seem to be the thing

I have a question for anybody who can answer...While researching my gr. grandpa born in Edisto Island, and lived in Charleston ,South Carolina from 1850-? this document I have said his occupation was a 12" keeper right away I thought it had something to do with the fishing industry is it possible that they actually had a position where someone was in charge of making sure the fish were at least 12"long in order to keep them? Well I can't believe I had to sign up for this sight just so I can ask somebody this question. I'll keep it and maybe use it now and then because I'm not a very skilled fisherperson..thanks