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    hi,
    1 of cousins (removed) has the following listed as his occupation i understand part of it but not all. i suspect part of it is electrical jargon.

    please help if you can .

    Chachouse Electrical Engineer (Technical & Research Protective Gess what is cachouse and what is gess?
    **no point asking the living for help as the dead are more helpful!!!**

    https://purplerosefamilytree.blogspot.com/

  • #2
    Is this a handwritten, printed or transcribed document? It would be useful to see the original.

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    • #3
      where is he - wonder if chachouse is the where rather than the what

      gess - glass?
      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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      • #4
        1939 census.jpg
        1939 1.jpg

        the orginal census and the transcribed page
        **no point asking the living for help as the dead are more helpful!!!**

        https://purplerosefamilytree.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          I think chartered and possibly Glass
          Last edited by cbcarolyn; 11-02-20, 20:39.
          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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          • #6
            Agree "Chartered", final word possibly "Gear"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jill on the A272 View Post
              Agree "Chartered", final word possibly "Gear"
              I read it as chartered electrical engineer (Technical & Research Protective Gear)

              Christine
              Last edited by Karamazov; 11-02-20, 21:22.
              Researching:
              HOEY (Fermanagh, other Ulster counties and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) BANNIGAN and FOX (Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland and Portland, Maine, USA) REYNOLDS, McSHEA, PATTERSON and GOAN (Corker and Creevy, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland) DYER (Belfast and Ballymacarrett) SLEVIN and TIMONEY (Fermanagh) BARNETT (Ballagh, Tyrone and Strangford, Down)

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              • #8
                Fully agree with Kalamazoo.
                Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.

                David

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by grumpy View Post
                  Fully agree with Kalamazoo.
                  Doh -easier to call me Christine!
                  Researching:
                  HOEY (Fermanagh, other Ulster counties and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) BANNIGAN and FOX (Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland and Portland, Maine, USA) REYNOLDS, McSHEA, PATTERSON and GOAN (Corker and Creevy, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland) DYER (Belfast and Ballymacarrett) SLEVIN and TIMONEY (Fermanagh) BARNETT (Ballagh, Tyrone and Strangford, Down)

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                  • #10
                    I sincerely apologise about that Christine. It’s the blasted spell checker who thinks it knows better than I on how to spell.

                    My failing was that I failed to check post before it was sent.
                    Last edited by grumpy; 12-02-20, 09:04.
                    Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.

                    David

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                    • #11
                      I concur with Christine and David.

                      Jay
                      Janet in Yorkshire



                      Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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                      • #12
                        thanks everyone. i also sent a copy of it to a friend who is a mechanical engineer and he said the same chartered and gear.
                        **no point asking the living for help as the dead are more helpful!!!**

                        https://purplerosefamilytree.blogspot.com/

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