Unconfigured Ad Widget

Collapse

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Help reading census please

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Help reading census please

    Hello all

    Can some kind soul help me work out a single word please?

    This is the folio etc........ Class: RG10; Piece: 2871; Folio: 34; Page: 21

    Its the 1871 census and the lady in question is Christian Cox. The box where it states if there is something wrong with them, it says something like ............... from birth.

    Any help would be great.

    Danny
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

  • #2
    Also if somebody can help with occupation please I would be greatful.

    Reading the writing isnt my best attribute:o

    Danny
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

    Comment


    • #3
      Think it says "Lame from Birth"

      Comment


      • #4
        Looks like "Formerly Paintress" for the occupation.

        Comment


        • #5
          Thankyou Sabrina

          That looks about right.

          Danny
          http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

          Comment


          • #6
            I'd agree with the Lame.

            The occupation I believe is "formerly paintress" being an artist.

            "Nowadays, the emphasis is put on the painting - she's a painter, and if special emphasis is needed, a woman painter will be used. I'm a writer, but I've never heard the term writress. Again, it's a woman writer.
            I think the reason paintress isn't liked any more is because it sounds a little antiquated, like a blue-stocking woman dabbling in painting in Victorian times."

            Curtesy of www.proz.com

            Ahhhhhhhhhhhh beaten to it
            Last edited by nigele2; 21-03-09, 12:46.

            Comment


            • #7
              Thankyou for that Nigel

              That has shed some more light on her occupation for me

              Much appreciated

              Danny
              http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

              Comment


              • #8
                I suppose someone who worked in a pottery factory decorating china could be loosely described as a paintress.
                Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

                Comment

                Working...
                X