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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Alexander. on Saturday 29 May 10 03:27 BST (UK)
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Hi, I have another census occupation that I can't decipher, for Elizabeth Butcher. It looks like "Cart.... Maker" or "Curt.... Maker". I can't work out if it is one or two words.
1871 census Ref: RG10/228, Folio 82, Page 75
Thanks,
Alexander
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I think it's 'Costume Maker', Alexander.
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I read it as Cartouch Maker.
Jean
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is it cartridge maker as in a bullet-type object
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I agree with Gadget :) Cartridge Maker
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Thanks Finbar, Jean, Gadget & Geoff.
I initially thought that "Costume Maker" seemed the most likely one. I can't really see how it could be Cartridge of Cartouch because I don't see either a 'd', 'g' or 'h' in the word...though of course it could just have been written really messily.
Alexander
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Could it be something like Carton dye maker?
The 'ur' in nurse on the line above look very similar, but 'ar' is more likely.
Colin
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My first impression was Cartouch Maker but accept it could be Cartridge Maker.
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Just a newbie jumping in here late as I'm learning my way around the forums. Back in the olden days...I'm 62, I used to do what was called wage corrections for our state's tax forms...in other words deciphering people's sloppy writing.
An antiquated word for someone who wanted to sound fancy may have been a cartouche maker. Used in Egypt & hieroglyphs, could this person have been making name plates or license plates? Was this in a prison perhaps? ;D