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Title: Mauger
Post by: Lita860 on Wednesday 27 April 05 21:43 BST (UK)

I have found the occupation of Mauger as fathers profession on a marriage certificate dated 1899 in Salford, Manchester, can anybody help

Lita :(

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: XPhile2868 on Wednesday 27 April 05 22:09 BST (UK)

Coudl it be Mawer?

Mawer, a mower (presumably of lawns)

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: XPhile2868 on Wednesday 27 April 05 22:12 BST (UK)

The name seems to be connected with the surname Major - maybe it has Army connections?

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: Lita860 on Wednesday 27 April 05 22:51 BST (UK)

Thanks for the quick reply. It is doubtful it is a mawer as area concerned was highly industrialised not much room for gardens in those days.

Regards

Lita :)

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: Lita860 on Wednesday 27 April 05 22:55 BST (UK)

Thanks again.

The connection with the name Major is one I haven't thought of. Can you give further details.

Regards

Lita

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: XPhile2868 on Thursday 28 April 05 13:13 BST (UK)

Information from Ancestry.com - Mauger
English: variant of Major 1.
French: from the same personal name as 1, or from a short form of the personal name Amauger, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements amal ‘strength’, ‘vigor’ + gar, ger ‘spear’.
South German: dialect variant of Maunker, nickname for a morose person.


Major
English: from the Norman personal name Malg(i)er, Maug(i)er, composed of the Germanic elements madal ‘council’ + gar, geer ‘spear’. The surname is now also established in Ulster.

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: Lita860 on Saturday 30 April 05 14:00 BST (UK)

Sorry for the delay in the reply
thank you for your time and effort
I subscribe to ancestry.com but did not know this information could be obtained

Regards

Lita :)

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: suey on Monday 02 May 05 14:12 BST (UK)

Ooops this might throw a spanner in the works but I found this earlier...

GAUGER - customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty.

Title: Re: Mauger
Post by: Lita860 on Sunday 08 May 05 19:45 BST (UK)

Hi

Thank you for that one,

It is a possible, Salford was on the Manchester Ship Canal, and the docks where open to the world.

Great Grandad was I believe an alcoholic, so perhaps liked to take a nip of the barrels!

Thanks once again :D