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Margaret in Burton
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What the heck does this say?
13-06-08, 12:24
1861 census RG9; Piece: 1969; Folio: 15; Page: 2
Thomas Williams (schedule 10)
What is his occupation?
Owner of ????????????
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13-06-08, 12:29
Findmypast has transcribed it as "owner of a paul pit" ???
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13-06-08, 12:29
Gravel pits?
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13-06-08, 13:15
I don't think it starts with a G
if you look on the previous page the G in gardener and game keeper are completely different
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13-06-08, 13:21
looks like spawl pits to me!!
*wonders what they are*
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13-06-08, 13:21
hmmmmm - but if you find the G he uses for grandaughter/grandson it is very similar
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13-06-08, 13:23
He was a labourer in 1851 and a general shop and market gardener in 1871 :(
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13-06-08, 13:25
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hmmmmm - but if you find the G he uses for grandaughter/grandson it is very similar
That's what I thought.
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13-06-08, 13:29
and second word is more like one of his Bs than a P
go forward to page 7 and look how he does Book Binder compared to Pensioner lower down
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13-06-08, 13:34
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He was a labourer in 1851 and a general shop and market gardener in 1871 :(
In that case it must be sprout bits ;)
can't even find it on the census
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13-06-08, 13:45
Think it must be gravel pits.
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13-06-08, 14:16
Sorry, father in law turned up unexpectantly.
My first thought was gravel pits but then I wasn't sure.
Thank you for all of your thoughts and comments.
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13-06-08, 15:21
It could be SPOIL PITS, were foundries, and other industries dumped their spoil, and other industrial waste
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13-06-08, 16:06
Thats something to think about
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13-06-08, 16:55
I read it as gravel pit, too.
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13-06-08, 20:54
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It could be SPOIL PITS, were foundries, and other industries dumped their spoil, and other industrial waste
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No dot over what might be the 'i'
was there gravel in the area ?
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13-06-08, 21:52
I'm totally confused. Ancestry refuses to find the correct reference.
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13-06-08, 22:05
took me ages Uncle John
here's the link
- Ancestry.co.uk
do you think it's sprout pits ?
Where they put all the neer-do-wells for the night ;)
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14-06-08, 03:08
Not having an Ancestry sub, I don't know where this is, but have you checked commercial directories around 1861? It might be worth a look ...
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14-06-08, 04:45
Where was he born Margaret, to me the first letter in the 3rd word looks very similar to the first letter under the where born column, when i magnified it on Ancestry.
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Derbyshire :- Gough, Tomlinson, Fletcher, Shipley, Spencer, Calladine, Rogers, Kerry, Robotham
Leicestershire:- Gough, Cooper, Underwood, Hearn, Inglehearn
Staffordshire:- Robotham, Hickinbotham, Hill, Holmes
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