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    Can anyone read the following occupation from a 1849 death certificate?

    basker.JPG

    All I can see is "Basker". I have had good 'Google' but can't seem to find anything relevant.

    Many thanks
    Chris
    Avatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.

    'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

  • #2
    Broker?
    Do you have him on 1841 census?
    Kat

    My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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    • #3
      Thanks Kat.

      In 1841 he is a carpenter, one of a long line!

      Chris
      Avatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.

      'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

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      • #4
        there is a barker here - but not sure I can say that is what it says.

        A woodman referred to anyone pursuing a craft based on wood in the forest. A wood cutter was one who cut down trees and bushes, whilst a wood chopper has the connotation of chopping logs or waste wood into small pieces for firewood. The latter could be in a town, such as those in the East End of London (Telkman).


        any other letters on the certificate to give clues?
        Last edited by cbcarolyn; 23-09-19, 20:49.
        Carolyn
        Family Tree site

        Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
        Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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        • #5
          Thanks Carolyn.

          No clues from the letters on the rest of the certificate as far as I can see.

          Basker 2.jpg

          Chris
          Avatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.

          'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

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          • #6
            Mmmmm...

            I am now thinking it is 'Br?ker' after blowing it up.
            The second letter looks the same as the 'n' in 'fourteenth' and 'present'.

            So Kat's suggestion of Broker looks possible.

            Chris
            Avatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.

            'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

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            • #7
              I agree, Broker.

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              • #8
                Thanks Teasie.
                Avatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.

                'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

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                • #9
                  I guess he was just selling furniture/carpentry rather than making it?
                  Carolyn
                  Family Tree site

                  Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
                  Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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