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Title: Census occupation
Post by: Greensleeves on Saturday 09 March 19 21:33 GMT (UK)
My daughter shared this with me,  which I found amusing.  Anyone else got any interesting occupations in their trees?
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: groom on Saturday 09 March 19 21:47 GMT (UK)
This is a great site for old occupations, lots of really strange ones

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/b.html


Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: BillyF on Sunday 10 March 19 11:50 GMT (UK)
Obviously a wayward daughter !!
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: SwissGill on Sunday 10 March 19 12:08 GMT (UK)
It could have applied to me but I was definitely not wayward. ;D
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: pharmaT on Sunday 10 March 19 12:10 GMT (UK)
My favourite was a transcription error rather than a comment from an enumerator.  Occupation was listed as "murgical sterdent".  Wasn't even one of mine but I had to look at the image.


I have one census where a child was listed occupation as nursling. I found it strange that it was put in the occupation column.
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Flemming on Sunday 10 March 19 13:36 GMT (UK)
Another mistranscription: robber shoemaker.
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: andrewalston on Sunday 10 March 19 13:59 GMT (UK)
Are you sure it was a mistranscription? Have you seen the prices some of those fashion places charge?  ;D
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 10 March 19 16:02 GMT (UK)
Love It  ;D ;D ;D My favourite is "Trunter's Assistant"...I spent ages trying to work it out...she was a Fruiterer's Assistant  ;D ;D

Carol
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: SwissGill on Monday 11 March 19 08:21 GMT (UK)
On the 1911 Census my great uncle, a retired grocer, was transcribed as Retired Queer!!!
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 11 March 19 09:56 GMT (UK)
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Carol
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Flemming on Monday 11 March 19 11:39 GMT (UK)
Luny scripture reader.
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Flemming on Monday 11 March 19 14:52 GMT (UK)
Stamper Inland Revenue - or is this a real one? He seems to be a mason elsewhere.
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: Greensleeves on Thursday 14 March 19 21:56 GMT (UK)
Some great ones there everyone - thanks for the laughs.  I don't think I have any amusing errors like that in my tree.  I do have one status written under occupation for an ancestor who was living with a man to whom she was not married:  'Concubine'.   ;D
Title: Re: Census occupation
Post by: pharmaT on Friday 15 March 19 08:06 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Flemming on Monday 11 March 19 14:52 GMT (UK)
Stamper Inland Revenue - or is this a real one? He seems to be a mason elsewhere.

I think that my be a real one.  They did have a stamping department.  I think it's something to do with marking goods with a stamp  to indicate duty paid