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  • Can you decipher this please?

    I would be grateful if someone could have a look at this census record and see if you can decipher the occupation of both William Beaumont and William Beaumont Jnr on the 1881 census. Reference RG 11/473 Page 42.

    It is the last record on the bottom of the page.

    I would be interested to hear what you think it reads?

    Regards
    Gill

  • #2
    Looks like Pillowslip Porter for WB senior and Fish retailer for his son.

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    • #3
      Fellowship porter - which is what Ancestry has transcribed it as! Correctly, for once!

      OC

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      • #4
        I think its fellowship porter. There is a definition here

        Old Occupations - F

        Jackie
        Jackie

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        • #5
          Yes, agreed OC, I was just about to correct myself regarding the h and then looked again at the F after I saw your post. Funny F, but like the one in Fish but not so well written.

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          • #6
            Goodness that was quick! Thank you very m uch, I found the transcription on ancestry just after my posting!

            Would you say a fish retailer is exactly what it says someone who sells fish, i.e. nothing grander!

            Regards

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            • #7
              Yes, Gill, I would think so - someone who sells to the public rather than a wholesaler.

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