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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: stonechat on Saturday 19 June 10 08:20 BST (UK)
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Please can you help with Eliza Cocks occupation in 1911
She has previously worked in a cotton mill
Now she is a dealer in ?Yeants?
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http://www.andrewalston.flyer.co.uk/cottonindustryjobs.htm
this should help
sylvia
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I can't imagine what it says, but occupation code 789 was
789 Chemists, Druggists
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She is working on her own account no at the cotton mill any more if that helps
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Looks like ?eant Dealer but what the first capital letter is beats me
charlotte
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Hi, Stonechat, it looks like scent dealer
Regards
Kathb
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Hi stonechat
It might be Fent dealer. Fents are (or were) fabric remnants and she probably had contacts in the cotton industry who could supply them.
Linda
PS the word fent is still in use - try google
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Kathb, You reckon that first capital could be "S"?
I agree the following letters could be "cent" but can't see
the "S" :-\
charlotte
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It might be Fent dealer. Fents are (or were) fabric remnants and she probably had contacts in the cotton industry who could supply them.
I think danuslaves suggestion is the most likely solution. The 'f' at the start of the word looks like two letters but is actually only one - it's been written with an extra loop which makes it look like two.
Try googling 'fent dealer' ;)
Jennifer
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Fent Dealer - Dealer in "Fents" - cloth remnants, ends of bolts of cloth etc
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/f.html
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On the page on whch the original scan comes are there any other words starting with a capital "F"as a basis for comparison?
charlotte
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Hi
The problem with the 1911
She is living alone no other comparison
Bob
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when I read first read it I thought Fents - both my parents were in aspects of the cotton trade so it was a word I was familiar with.
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Fent doesn't make "scents" (sorry) when combined with Geoff's discovery of the occupation code. Why would a dealer in fabric remnants be classified with chemists and druggists? A "scent dealer" as Kath proposed would be classified as such. Much more likely I think.
Nick
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Fent doesn't make "scents" (sorry) when combined with Geoff's discovery of the occupation code. Why would a dealer in fabric remnants be classified with chemists and druggists?
Of course, the census clerk would have to do the same deciphering as we all are ... if he thought it said "scent", he would treat it accordingly. If his version was wrong, he'd classify it wrongly! :-\
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I went into our local fabric / pattern / dressmaking shop today, it's been there years - it's called the Fent Shop - it's in Norfolk miles from the cotton industry, must admit I'd never heard of it before I came here.
Pat
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Thanks for the ideas
I had never realised that those numbers were a code that meant something
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I had never realised that those numbers were a code that meant something
Here's the list http://www.1911census.co.uk/content/default.aspx?r=24&127
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Everywhere there is room for error ::) ::)
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I agree - anyone can make a mistake - even census clerks !!
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Of course, the census clerk would have to do the same deciphering as we all are ... if he thought it said "scent", he would treat it accordingly. If his version was wrong, he'd classify it wrongly! :-\
Quite :D
Given her previous occupation I still go for fent dealer.