I think its contractor. The letter that could be either an n or an a looks more like the n in assistant two lines below than the a in the village name.
Wonder if he had some mechanised equipment (thresher or cutter) that he took round the neighbouing farms?
And a reference that coal porters were recognised:
Lamplighter and Coal Porter c. 1806-70
Before 1806 an allowance was made available to the Housekeeper from the contingent fund for the purpose of employing a man servant to perform menial tasks. From 1806 a salary was paid directly to the servant who was subsequently designated Lamplighter and Coal Porter. (fn. 1) The office was placed on the establishment in 1854. (fn. 2) The salary, £67 6s. in 1806, was increased to £80 in 1813 and to £94 12s. in 1832. (fn. 3)
I see it's the Foreign Office. Another lowly Civil Service grade is/was Paperkeeper, which I suppose equates to filing clerk.
(wonders what UJ is drinking) ;)
The place where he was living is Brackenfield, which is in Derbyshire not too far from Alfreton/Matlock area this is pretty much the same today as primarily agricultural, surely they would use 'other' methods of fuel rather than coal?? (wood for example) as this would be free and readily available.
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
it puzzled me, but the rest of the family were either Butchers or Farmers, but am slowly getting to the bottom of them now... just nice to see/go sideways and find stuff.
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
If they lived in Derbyshire coal would have been local and cheap so even with access to timber they would have used coal - not sure that helps at all !!
Roger : )
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