Help with decipering a census record!

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garrypaulbrooks
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Help with decipering a census record!

Post by garrypaulbrooks »

Hi there

Could anyone decipher the highlighted parts of the attached extract from the 1841 census?

Thanks!

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Re: Help with decipering a census record!

Post by gardener »

I think Elizabeth is a needle woman.
John is an engineer's assistant? Ass as an abbreviation but the first s looks like an f.
Then it Ja (s above) which is perhaps short for James

My best guess at least :-)
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garrypaulbrooks
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Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:19 am
Primary Surname Interests: Brooks, Moore, Bryant, Garner, Douglass,
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Location: Surrey

Re: Help with decipering a census record!

Post by garrypaulbrooks »

Thanks gardener, that makes sense - in later life, John Canfield was an engineer, then an engine fitter
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