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Title: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: panda40 on Monday 25 September 06 19:46 BST (UK)
Hi roots chatters
Tidying up loose ends I need help with my gggrandfathers occupation from the 1871 census. I am interested in william Chapman.
Class RG10 Piece 1007 Folio 62 page 10 for St James Dover.
I'm trying to make out the name of where he lives and his occupation its something keeper but what?

many thanks in advance.
regards panda
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: debbie1 on Monday 25 September 06 19:49 BST (UK)
Farm labourer & beast ??? keeper?
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: AngelaR on Monday 25 September 06 19:51 BST (UK)
Looks like Beer Shop Keeper to me...

Some of my farmer ancestors also kept pubs!

Angela
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: Richard Knott on Monday 25 September 06 19:51 BST (UK)
I'd go for beer shop (named the Plough)
Richard
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: linmey on Monday 25 September 06 19:52 BST (UK)
I was wondering if it was farm labourer and beer house keeper.

Linda.
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: teap78 on Monday 25 September 06 19:53 BST (UK)
Yep it looks like the address is Plough beer Shop, and occupation looks like Farm Labourer and Beershop keeper.


Colette
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: Nadine Moore on Monday 25 September 06 21:17 BST (UK)
Could it say Beehive Keeper??

Whatever it says, it is the same as the address

Plough ? ?The two words look the same as in the occupation column
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: Gadget on Monday 25 September 06 21:21 BST (UK)
Think it's definitely beer shop keeper.

One of my ancestors was an ag lab on a farm where the farm house seemed to be a local hostelry  :)

Gadget
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: panda40 on Monday 25 September 06 21:32 BST (UK)
Thanks for the help everyone. I knew you would be able to help. I can now do some hunting into this as it makes a change from farm labourer and gardener which he is listed as on previous census returns.
many thanks
panda
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: yn9man on Tuesday 26 September 06 01:21 BST (UK)
At first I thopught it said bee hive keeper (have one in the family) but the closer I look the more it does look like beer shop keeper.

yn9man
Title: Re: Can any one work out what this says?
Post by: keenbutconfused on Thursday 28 September 06 21:23 BST (UK)
Address looks like 'Plough Beer shop'
Occupation Farm labouer and beer shop keeper