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Title: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: ajo20 on Tuesday 12 July 16 22:19 BST (UK)
Hi All

I would be grateful if anyone could decipher this for me please

With thanks

Sandra
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: groom on Tuesday 12 July 16 22:34 BST (UK)
Looks like Wire Worker. Have you got him in a later census to compare occupations?

Can you give us the full census reference or at least his name and dob so we can look at the original as that often helps?
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: goldie61 on Tuesday 12 July 16 22:35 BST (UK)
wire worker.   ? High Labour.
It would be helpful to see more of it to compare letters.

OOps! Pipped me to it groom!
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: ajo20 on Tuesday 12 July 16 22:44 BST (UK)
Sorry, I've attached full census for 1851 and 1861 - George Davies is the bottom of the page for both.

Thanks for your help
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: groom on Tuesday 12 July 16 22:55 BST (UK)
Well from the 1861 he was born in Essex, so I suppose that first word for his POB could be Essex in 1851 but other two definitely do look like High Labour, which doesn't really make sense.
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 12 July 16 23:10 BST (UK)
The first census looks like machine worker so I wonder if the second census Is a shortening of machine....although it does look like wire....the ages don't seem to tally though
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: Jool on Tuesday 12 July 16 23:22 BST (UK)
It could possibly be High Laver, misheard by the enumerator as High Labour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Laver
Title: Re: 1851 Census Occupation and Address
Post by: Rena on Wednesday 13 July 16 01:10 BST (UK)
I think he's a "Wire Worker", often found in the weaving industry.

and he was born in the county of Essex, High Laver - not "Labour" whch I think is a mistranscription by the enumerator..