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PeteW1959

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Help with occupation

14-05-09, 10:07

I have just spent the best part of 3 hours Googling trying to work out what an occupation is on the 1871 census

Can anyone have a look for me please?

RG10/1561/63/8 3rd person from the bottom, John Butler.

I have an idea what the first word is and the start and end of the second word, but I don't want to influence anyone's judgement. ;)

Last edited by PeteW1959; 14-05-09, 10:08. Reason: Typo in census reference

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14-05-09, 10:10

Town missionary (use of fs to represent ss)

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14-05-09, 10:11

Looks like "Town Missionary" to me?

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14-05-09, 10:40

Thank you both.

I was sure it was Town for the first word, but those ff's threw me.

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Kincaid, Warner, Hitchman, Collie, Curtis, Pocock, Stanley, Nixey, McDonald in London, Berks, Bucks, Oxon and West Midlands
Drake, Beals, Pritchard in Kent
Devine in Ireland
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14-05-09, 21:09

Not actually an f but a long S (no cross-stroke).

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14-05-09, 21:12

Sorry, should have said it looks like fs!

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14-05-09, 21:49

No worries. I came across one in a census yesterday (long s followed by short s).

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