I have just received a birth certificate for 1853 in Kent, and the father's occupation was given as "peasant". Over the years I have amassed literally hundreds of certificates, many of them for rural workers, variously described as "ag labs", "husbandmen" and even "farmers" but never before have I seen this designation of "peasant". Nor have I ever noted it in C18 parish records. Was this the idiosyncrasy of one registrar or was it more common?
Peter
Peter
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