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Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:52 am
by garrypaulbrooks
Hi
I'm having problems with the handwriting on the attached document
Could anyone decipher the "Occupation" entry for Ann Jarvis?
Thanks!
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:24 am
by Northern Lass
looks like nurse to me?
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:08 pm
by garrypaulbrooks
Thanks. How about the occupation of "Walter Bryant" in the attached?
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:14 pm
by kdwoodie
Man Serv ( Man Servant)
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:29 pm
by garrypaulbrooks
Hi
Could anyone decipher the profession (highlighted) in the attached?
Thanks!
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:23 pm
by Northern Lass
Tin man?
Re: Cannot decipher "Occupation" On census entry
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:29 pm
by garrypaulbrooks
That sort-of-makes-sense. Samuel Douglass's profession is shown - rather better handwriting - as a "Tin Plate Maker" in a later census