Great Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Owens worked in the Welsh iron industry and lists his job in 1841 as, "Baller." Here's the description for that job:
Baller ; iron industry worker
"When the metal begins to melt it is the business of the puddler to watch it from time to time until it is ready for what is technically called BALLING, i.e. dividing the metals into separate balls or quantities or puddle-rolls; which having been done, are handed over to the shingler, who has the direction of a large and heavy hammer worked by steam or water power, and the rough hot metal is, by repeated blows brought to a more compact form for the rolling mill."
From the Employment Commission reports 1842
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