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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Chiad Fhear on Saturday 12 November 11 11:39 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I've attached a section from a 1921 Register of Marriage in which I'm struggling to decipher the Occupation for Henry Hyatt Booth.
Artificer I can make out but what did he make?
The on-line dictionary defines an Artificer as "A skilled worker; a craftsperson. One that contrives, devises, or constructs something"
Any 'super-sleuths' have any clues?
Regards
Chiad Fhear
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Hello
is it Link maker?? Artificer & Link Maker
think its definitely something maker tho.
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I agree, it looks like Artificer & Link Maker. I googled 'link maker' and all the replies were to do with internet links! He must have been way ahead of his time ;) :P
Heather
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Thanks 'rutht22000' and Heather
I'd thought 'LINK' as well.
It looks like there's an ampersand (&) after 'Artificer' and the upper case 'L' is in keeping with another entry on the record but there seems to be more that 'in' before the 'k' if you follow? The 'n' in 'Henry' and 'Annie' are both quite distinct. It looks like an 'm' but the word doesn't make sense. :-\
Regards
Chiad Fhear
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I think he was an expert in his job, e.g.
Artificer: a member of the military skilled in a trade (e.g. carpentry, blacksmithing), a craftsman or an inventor. The term can also be used generically to refer to any skilled worker.
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I can see what you mean Chiad Fhear, having seen how precise the writer is elsewhere with dotting his 'i's it's disappointing there's no dot to confirm the i in Link. The letter between the L and nk doesn't look like anything else though, his 'o's have quite a clear space in the middle of them, and it's not an a, u or e either, even if there was such a thing as a Lank, Lunk or Lenk maker!
Was Henry old enough in 1911 to have this occupation on the census?
Heather
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Thanks all
The fog is slowly clearing :D
There does appear to be a dot just before the 'k' but this could have been caused by a speck of dirt on the scanner ... NOT MINE, I hasten to add :o The record was downloaded from SP as a PDF this morning ... by a 'cousin' in Brisbane ... and sent over the internet to me!
I'm now wondering why the Registrar would put an ampersand and the word 'and' in the same line especially when it was obvious he didn't had enough space?
Alas, I don't have access to the 1911 Census and Henry doesn't feature in my Family Tree as to warrant the expense. I've no other information for hi whatsoever.
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Couls a link maker be a chain maker.Quite a skilled bit of blacksmithing at one time with every link beinf forged seperately.
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Thanks all
The fog is slowly clearing :D
There does appear to be a dot just before the 'k' but this could have been caused by a speck of dirt on the scanner ... NOT MINE, I hasten to add :o The record was downloaded from SP as a PDF this morning ... by a 'cousin' in Brisbane ... and sent over the internet to me!
I'm now wondering why the Registrar would put an ampersand and the word 'and' in the same line especially when it was obvious he didn't had enough space?
Alas, I don't have access to the 1911 Census and Henry doesn't feature in my Family Tree as to warrant the expense. I've no other information for hi whatsoever.
I think he didn't use & for the second 'and' as it was in the context of the marriage between 'Henry Hyatt Booth and Annie Robertson or Booth' and an ampersand wouldn't really be right there.
p.s. I've had no luck looking on the 1911 - Henry Booth is a very common name! There are no Henry Hyatt Booths.
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Seaoras ... I think you've cracked it!
a "C. Link Maker" ... there's another upper case C on the page - the groom's father was a "Minister Church of Scotland" and the 'C' of Church (upper case) matches. What looks like an 'm' could be a slip of the hand when writing.
I've tried to attach another section of the record showing the upper case 'C' but I keep getting the error message >:( saying there's already an image with the same name! Not the first time this has happened to me on this site recently >:( >:( >:(
Regards
Chiad Fhear
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Hi
Probably a bit late but....
This is a very useful web site for old occupations and appears to correlate with Rena's posting
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/a.html
Flosse
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I think he didn't use & for the second 'and' as it was in the context of the marriage between 'Henry Hyatt Booth and Annie Robertson or Booth' and an ampersand wouldn't really be right there.
Thanks Heather
I notice the 'and' on the (unrelated) entry below this one.
We live and learn!
Chiad Fhear
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Hi
Probably a bit late but....
This is a very useful web site for old occupations and appears to correlate with Rena's posting
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/a.html
Flosse
Thanks Flosse ... never too late. I'll keep it with everything else in "My Favourites"!
Chiad Fhear
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Hi All
I know I've marked this as *** COMPLETED *** but I just thought I'd let you know that the man with the mysterious job title may NOT have been connected to the couple.
The 1921 marriage in question was conducted in the Registry Office on King George IV Bridge in Edinburgh - directly across the road from the ScotlandsPeople Centre - and the witnesses were married SEVENTEEN years before (i.e.1904) in Edinburgh and so were possibly just 'passers by' minding their own business, who were hauled in off the street to satisfy the legal requirements of a Sheriff's Warrant marriage! They may well appear on the 1911 Census so I'll have a look when I next get to Edinburgh - just to satisfy my curiosity.
It's been another interesting journey nevertheless and I've enjoyed our exchanges and appreciate your help.
Regards
Chiad Fhear