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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Ewan on Saturday 29 January 11 10:58 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone know the occupation of this young lady please?
The first and sixth one looks to be the same.
Thank you for help.
Ewan
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Dress maker
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fourth one = Plumber
final one = servant
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With a one of the entries being a mariner one wonders whether the dress makers were actually members of the oldest profession who frequently described themselves as dress makers in a census.
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With a one of the entries being a mariner one wonders whether the dress makers were actually members of the oldest profession who frequently described themselves as dress makers in a census.
That is a gross libel on all sailors and on all dress makers.
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I make it:
1) Dress maker
2)? Apprentice
3)Scholar
4)
5)Plumber
6)Mariner
7)
8)Dress maker
9)Ditto
10)Scholar
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With a one of the entries being a mariner one wonders whether the dress makers were actually members of the oldest profession who frequently described themselves as dress makers in a census.
That is a gross libel on all sailors and on all dress makers.
Having both mariners and dress makers in my family, I am bound to agree with Scouseboy!
The sixth occupation isn't servant, I don't think, it's scholar.
Red post Snap, Rafter! and as regards the unknown word, it's "seas" written in in a differnt hand.
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Thanks everyone, dress maker it says then!
Just to clarify as well, the 2 mariners are heads of the 2 famiies and the 3 dress makers are their daughters.
Thanks for identifying the occupation
Ewan
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Sorry I should have been a little more explicit. Working from so little detail I was concluding that the presence of a mariner made it likely that the census item was for a seaport where ladies of the night are found more frequently. If they were daughters within families then I agree that this was extremely unlikely. However my original statement that not all dressmakers were just that, should stand, particularly if they were fairly young and not living within families.