I need a bit of help deciphering a profession please

[Sandra]

Hi

I need a bit of help deciphering a profession please of William Edward Jones (b1870) so I can go back and find him in the 1891 census.

In the 1911 census William Edward Jones was a Motor Driver
In the 1901 census, he was a Cab Driver/Groom
When his son Christian Jones was born 22/05/1897, William's profession was Cab Driver
When Christian was baptised in June 1897, William was still a cab driver

But when William Edward Jones married Edith Annie Pattemore on 1st April 1894, I can't for the life of me read his profession. (Their marriage is on Ancestry - he also used the middle name Henry)



It looks like 'something maker?'

thank you

Sandra

[Katarzyna]

something knife maker?
Something Shape maker?
Print shape maker?


Looking at p in Spinster - could be a p not f in the second part of the word

[Sandra]

I thought that the 2nd to last letter on the first word is an p also. It looks to me like the first word starts with a B?

His father was a Glazier and Glass bead maker, so it may have something to do with that area of work?? and then he went on to be a cab Driver, I'm really stumped!

[Elderflower]

br??tshape maker?

[Uncle John]

Sorry, totally stumped.

[Sandra]

Ha ha ... not just me then!

Thanks everyone who has looked for me

Sandra

[kylejustin]

i thought it was bus something maker.

[Lin Fisher]

I looked and thought it said Brush Stake Maker but having read what other poeple have put and looking again I'm not sure but He Ho its a try.

[Mary from Italy]

I keep thinking it says snowflake, but I don't suppose that's likely

The last two letters of the first word might even be a double s.

[Mary from Italy]

Are you sure he was William Edward? The marriage cert has William Henry.

I think this is the family in 1881:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=7572&iid=LNDRG11_350_354-0795&fn=George&ln=Jones&st=d&ssrc=&pid=14750084

[Mary from Italy]

1891:

Father George on his own (possibly lodging with the Jane who was with his family in 1881):

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=6598&iid=LNDRG12_154_155-0536&fn=George&ln=Jones&st=d&ssrc=&pid=7972253

[Mary from Italy]

1871 (William with parents George and Elizabeth):

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=7619&iid=LNDRG10_620_623-0660&fn=George&ln=Jones&st=d&ssrc=&pid=5410329

Haven't found an obvious candidate for William in 1891 yet.

[Darksecretz]

the first word looks like 'Bristle' to me then possiby 'Sl??pe Maker' but it doesnt make sense!!

[Stella]

? Bread knife maker

[Sandra]

Woo Hoo...brilliant, thank you Mary:D

All I need to do now is find William in the 1891


This is him in 1901


and in 1911


This is son Christians baptism


So although he used the middle name Henry when he married, he also went by the name of Edward.

[margaretmarch]

I think the occupation is bristle shaft maker - the bit that brush bristles fit into??
Margaret

[Darksecretz]

I think the occupation is bristle shaft maker - the bit that brush bristles fit into??
Margaret

that was the word I was looking for Margaret, mum used to call them something else though,

[Uncle John]

Thinking aloud, the first word could well be Brush. If you think about the mechanics of making a brush, Shaft doesn't make a lot of sense - it's only a piece of dowel after all. But it could be that - a fairly unskilled job. The part that the bristles go in is usually called the Head, and the second word doesn't look like that at all.

[Darksecretz]

noo UJ my mum used to call the 'handle' something other than a 'Shaft' it might be a local word (notts) though I dont know!

[Lin Fisher]

Julie

Did your Mum call them staves? Thats what would call them!!