on the 1871 census a rellie of my husbands is down as a widow and a servant poor women she is listed as Old Servant surely about the oldest servant ever ?
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My gt gt grandfather died from injuries sustained when he fell from the main yardarm of a sailing ship. At 68 years old he was still climbing ship's rigging to earn a crust. There is no headstone on his grave, presumably his widow couldn't afford one. No old age pension in those days!
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