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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: KVT on Saturday 11 June 11 21:46 BST (UK)
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Occupation given as a 'daler' for a 33 year old woman living in Armagh city.
What did this work entail?
Her husband was a 'general servant' whilst her daughter was a 'domestic servant" - what was the difference?
KVT
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A general servant carries out a whole range of jobs as opposed to a specialist, e.g. a footman, gardener etc. A domestic servant is a female servant who works in the house. You sometimes see the term general domestic servant where she does any type of work as opposed to a domestic servant who is specifically a cook, laundrymaid, housemaid etc. Not sure about 'daler'. Possibly a mis-spelling of 'dealer'?
Graham.
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Is this the family in 1901 census?
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Armagh_Town/Banbrook_Hill/1010126
The original entry also says 'daler' but since none of the household could write they wouldn't be able to notice the spelling. Also, the family were born outside the area (Roscommon and Westmeath) so perhaps their accent was difficult to understand.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000377593/
I think it's probably dealer also.
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Thank you both for the replies.
But I'm none the wiser!
What would a 'dealer' do ?
Thanks again
KVT
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Thank you both for the replies.
What would a 'dealer' do ?
KVT
Not deal cards in a casino which is the current explanation! :D ::) :P
It usually means they deal in old (second hand) wares.
Dawn M
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A dealer would deal! You often see folk listed as grocers and the like who merely bought in e.g. a few stone of sugar and sold it in small quantities to the people who lived nearby. She could buy and sell second hand clothes .... the possibilities are endless.
Graham.
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A female equivalent to a 'rag and bone' man then?
KVT
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Could be much more specialised than that. Can you find her on another census and see if she is still dealing? Who knows, it might give a detail about what she is buying and selling.
Graham.
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If it was informal trading would there have been lists of who was doing what in existence then?
In any event, she was dead by 1904, at a young age, just 39.
Thanks
KVT
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Don't think there would have been any lists. If she had been the householder, perhaps the valuation roll might say something, but it would be her husband who would appear on that, not her.
Graham.
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I don't know about Armagh, but in the Dublin of my youth a dealer always meant someone selling fruit and vegetables, e.g. in a place like Moore Street where they are still referred to as dealers.
Dermo
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Certainly in Northern Ireland a dealer could have been selling almost anything so it's difficult to pinpoint a more exact description.
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Egg dealer and such like was a common occupation for widowed or abandoned women in those days.