Help with 1851 occupation please.

[Gwyn in Kent]

Please can you help decipher the listed occupation for James Walter Batchelor in 1851?

HO107; Piece: 1680; Folio: 156; Page: 15; GSU roll: 193588.

[Mary from Italy]

Sisal worker (or maker)?

[Gwyn in Kent]

Thank you for your thoughts Mary, ...one we hadn't thought of.

James was later a school master for many years, but we don't think it says that, ...or does it?

[Mary from Italy]

Seems unlikely then - sisal was used in rope making.

[Mary from Italy]

It doesn't really look like school master, does it, although I'm pretty sure it begins with an S.

[Gwyn in Kent]

I think you're right about the S, ..but it doesn't start the same as the Scholar a few places down the page, so I can't make it fit.

[Mary from Italy]

Have you found him in 1841?

[Gwyn in Kent]

Not found yet.........

[Mary from Italy]

I've had a look as well, but no luck.

[Gwyn in Kent]

Thank you for looking Mary.

[Just Gillian]

Sorry Gwyn. I've had a look for James in 1841 without success too.

Comparing the initial letter of the second word with others on the page, I wondered if it could be "Scool" Usher.

Was there such a thing as a school usher?

The first occupation on the next page is "Scooll Teacher"

Image 17 has a "scool" governess whose "scool" looks very similar to yours.

Is this the James Walter Bachelor who was a China Merchant in 1861?

[Uncle John]

A school usher was another name for a teacher. Comes from reading 19th. century school stories in my youth.

[Gwyn in Kent]

Usher was a word that we thought of, but didn't know of it's use in this context, so Thank you.

Great help thank you.
I think we have an enumerator here, who is unsure of his spelling. I note that he has filled all the ages in one column too.

Gillian
Please will you give the reference for that James, as I haven't found him, ...Thank you.

I do know that the Batchelor family did have a business selling china, but we have also seen records showing that James Walter worked for many years in a school in Odiham, acting as Head for his last 6 years there.

[Just Gillian]

Hi Gwyn,

1861 transcribed Jos Walter Bachelor b1815 Ovington
RG9/706 Folio 4 Page 2

[Gwyn in Kent]

Thank you Gillian.
That does look like him, ..his sister Caroline Shirley is a near neighbour too.
Documents viewed this week in Hampshire tell of his long link with the school, so I'll have to persue this china link.

[Nasher]

Hi,
It looks like Social Worker but I'm not sure.
I'm having difficulty recognising what Harriett does, something Maker. Is it Dress maker or is that an "l" or a "f".
I can't find the family in 1861 or 1871 but as you say in 1881 he is a Schoolmaster.
Sorry I can't help more than that,
Neil.

[Gwyn in Kent]

Thank you for looking Neil.
I think Harriett is shown as a dressmaker (old style double S )
Gillian's link is probable for 1861, ...although no reference to the school ?
In 1871 he was still in Odiham.
He died in 1890.