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Title: Help please with occupation
Post by: Dannemois on Friday 04 April 25 19:53 BST (UK)
Can someone please identify William Bruce's occupation?  The cutting is from his daughter's death certificate dated 1898.

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: softly softly on Friday 04 April 25 19:57 BST (UK)
****** marine

SS
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: heywood on Friday 04 April 25 20:01 BST (UK)
Master Mariner (deceased) ?

Although it doesn’t look like an ‘s’ in master but it’s the only thing I can think of that goes with mariner!
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Tickettyboo on Friday 04 April 25 20:03 BST (UK)
Quote from: Dannemois on Friday 04 April 25 19:53 BST (UK)
Can someone please identify William Bruce's occupation?  The cutting is from his daughter's death certificate dated 1898.

Thanks in advance

Its 'possibly' Master Mariner But last time I had an image from SP that looked like this I contacted them, said I couldn't read it  and they re-scanned the image.
Which resulted in a perfectly readable image being sent to me.

Though in comparison to some, SP may be cheap to purchase BMD Scans (though the lack of a sub means that census images can turn out to be very expensive for common names) they are often not easy to read.
Contacting them is one way to let them know the images often just are not fit for purpose

Boo
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Gadget on Friday 04 April 25 20:13 BST (UK)
Is this any better. I've stretched it!
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: prendeseek on Friday 04 April 25 20:26 BST (UK)
Looks like first word could be 'Wright' then marine or mariner.

So a shipwright maybe?
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Gadget on Friday 04 April 25 21:43 BST (UK)
Definitely an M not a W- see cap W in William above.

Think it would be best  to ask for a re-scan , as Boo suggests.
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: heywood on Friday 04 April 25 21:52 BST (UK)
Do you have him in any other records e.g. marriage, census etc
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: maddys52 on Saturday 05 April 25 00:59 BST (UK)
I agree, it looks like Master Mariner, though a better scan would be helpful.

Although a common name, there was a William BRUCE, master mariner (5 Nov 1855), born 1825 Boddam, Aberdeen. And another born 1833 in Aberdeen (certificate on 6 Oct 1860). Probably others too.
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Dannemois on Saturday 05 April 25 09:38 BST (UK)
Thanks everyone for sharing your views, I will ask for a rescan.
Kind regards
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Dannemois on Monday 07 April 25 15:37 BST (UK)
For your interest, I received a rescanned copy today, and it is so much easier to read - it is 'Master Mariner'

Many thanks
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Tickettyboo on Monday 07 April 25 16:09 BST (UK)
Quote from: Dannemois on Monday 07 April 25 15:37 BST (UK)
For your interest, I received a rescanned copy today, and it is so much easier to read - it is 'Master Mariner'

Many thanks

Have they replaced the other one on the website with the readable scan? If you search again the record will say its already paid for so you don't need to pay again.
If they have, that's a big plus point when advising people to contact SP if they get an image they can't decipher.

Boo
Title: Re: Help please with occupation
Post by: Dannemois on Monday 07 April 25 19:44 BST (UK)
Yes, That is their intention