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* What occupation is this?
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Peter Collier
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What occupation is this?
Can anyone determine what this chap in Gloucester is a foreman of?
It's from the 1881 census for Barton St Michael in Gloucester (RG11/2536, fol. 111, p. 37, Sch. 205, William BROWN)
It's from the 1881 census for Barton St Michael in Gloucester (RG11/2536, fol. 111, p. 37, Sch. 205, William BROWN)
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Collier, Savory, Buckerfield, Edmonds, Low, Dungey, Lester, Chambers, Walshe, Moylan, Bradley, Connors, Udale, Wilson, Benfield, Downey
Collier, Savory, Buckerfield, Edmonds, Low, Dungey, Lester, Chambers, Walshe, Moylan, Bradley, Connors, Udale, Wilson, Benfield, Downey
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Re: What occupation is this?
Foreman Corn Merchant maybe?
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Re: What occupation is this?
Looks like 'Corn Merchant' to me too.
Peter, as usual with these things, it helps to include other parts of the document so we can compare similar letters in other words written in the same hand.
Peter, as usual with these things, it helps to include other parts of the document so we can compare similar letters in other words written in the same hand.
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Re: What occupation is this?
1881 FMP transcription says Foreman Cornmerchant.
In 1871 he's a Corn porter and in 1891 a Foreman corn porter.
An interesting website https://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/Dockers.html about Liverpool docks gives an account of the work (and character) of corn porter lumpers whose life seems a bit hard.
In 1871 he's a Corn porter and in 1891 a Foreman corn porter.
An interesting website https://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/Dockers.html about Liverpool docks gives an account of the work (and character) of corn porter lumpers whose life seems a bit hard.
Re: What occupation is this?
One possible alternative given the construction of the first word: Flourman Corn Merchant, i.e. someone who sold flour for a Corn Merchant.
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Re: What occupation is this?
Interesting! But so far as I can see, that's an "e" before the "m" in the first word - though deciding where the letters start and end is tricky. And I read the vertical immediately after the "F" as a florish to the "F" rather than a letter "l".
But it does illustrate the difficulty of navigating the up and down letters like n, m, r, etc (Minims?)
Adrian
Re: What occupation is this?
Adrian,
You could well be right but, as already mentioned, single words in isolation from wider examples of the hand can be problematic and the 'l' in the first word didn't appear like any naturally flowing flourish to me. However, that he worked in a Corn Merchant's (whether the same or different employers) over a considerable period, working his way 'up' from a Porter to Foreman doesn't seem to be in any doubt based on the other Census entries described in one response. Perhaps, if the there were any children born/baptised around the same time, it might be possible to find some further evidence of the occupation(s) undertaken over time.
Mervyn
You could well be right but, as already mentioned, single words in isolation from wider examples of the hand can be problematic and the 'l' in the first word didn't appear like any naturally flowing flourish to me. However, that he worked in a Corn Merchant's (whether the same or different employers) over a considerable period, working his way 'up' from a Porter to Foreman doesn't seem to be in any doubt based on the other Census entries described in one response. Perhaps, if the there were any children born/baptised around the same time, it might be possible to find some further evidence of the occupation(s) undertaken over time.
Mervyn