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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: snootycat on Sunday 22 October 17 22:18 BST (UK)

Title: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: snootycat on Sunday 22 October 17 22:18 BST (UK)
HTTP://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8767/MDXRG9_110_112-0035/8565423?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5579658/person/-1086445772/facts/citation/219819888/edit/record (http://HTTP://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8767/MDXRG9_110_112-0035/8565423?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5579658/person/-1086445772/facts/citation/219819888/edit/record). I am trying to work out the occupations for the Tuckers. We have what looks like gilder, ? Brush drawer ( a female, his wife, ) gilder, and then something absolutely indecipherable, then scholar. I have not tried uploading anything here before. I have tried various sites which are supposed to help translate handwiting to no avail. Any help greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: PaulineJ on Sunday 22 October 17 22:24 BST (UK)
Type founder?
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: Ayashi on Sunday 22 October 17 22:26 BST (UK)
Gilder?
Brush something?
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 22 October 17 22:33 BST (UK)
Brush Drawer?
Carol
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: annaS on Sunday 22 October 17 23:50 BST (UK)
Typef...der
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: annaS on Sunday 22 October 17 23:54 BST (UK)
typef...der
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: youngtug on Monday 23 October 17 00:29 BST (UK)
Type founder
PaulineJ beat me to it,
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: Rena on Monday 23 October 17 01:09 BST (UK)
I too think 'type founder', which means the company made metal typefaces for use by printers.

Also below is a link that describes a 'brush drawer' :-

http://www.brushmakers.com/drawing.html
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: youngtug on Monday 23 October 17 07:08 BST (UK)
 http://www.dictionary.com/browse/type-founder
Title: Re: indesciferable occupations in the 1861 census!
Post by: snootycat on Monday 23 October 17 23:17 BST (UK)
Wow! Thank you all so much! That has saved me hours of work!