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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: MeirSoul on Tuesday 08 November 22 17:45 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone please help with deciphering what my great x4 grandfather's occupation was . This is the baptism record for his daughter Delilah Florence. Im struggling to make out the occupation column.
Thanks
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Looks like “travelling” but can’t make out second word
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travelling tinner/tinman?
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Possibly travelling tinker?
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Thanks for that i was really struggling to make it out.
On the topic of Delilah she appears to of had several baptisms all in the same year but in many different places. Does anyone know why that might be ?
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I once read an article mentioning something similar, particularly in traveller families, or possibly those who lived and worked on the canals. I think one suggested explanation may have been that if they fell on hard times, they'd have a stronger claim to parish relief if they had a connection to a parish through a baptism, so the more places they had it done the better.
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I once read an article mentioning something similar, particularly in traveller families, or possibly those who lived and worked on the canals. I think one suggested explanation may have been that if they fell on hard times, they'd have a stronger claim to parish relief if they had a connection to a parish through a baptism, so the more places they had it done the better.
Yes that would actually make sense with them travelling about a lot of the time
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Possibly travelling tinker?
That’s what I see too, Travelling Tinker.
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Travelling Joiner?
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I vote for tinker.
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Travelling Tinker gets my vote too. He would mend saucepans and other metal utensils.
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I see Travelling Tinker too.
Carol
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I cast my vote for "Travelling Fakir" [with an alternate spelling of "faiker" in this case"]. "Fakir" was sometimes used to mean "salesman" but could also mean "beggar". The "F" is written differently from others on the page, but the rest of it fits "faiker" better than "tinker" (the short cross-stroke in the middle of the 'F'; the stretching out of the 'a'; the placement of the dot over the 'i'). And if this was a family of "travellers' as one person said earlier, then that would also fit the idea that they were frequently on the move and raising funds however they could.
Steve
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Travelling tinker gets my vote. :)