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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Wednesday 10 September 14 15:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Justin, interesting that Samuel stayed in one place so long.  My ancestor never seem to have stayed so long in one place.  I reckon it must have been hard at times, travelling around by horse, needing pistols to protect themselves, as I've no doubt they were not popular, as well as facing all the other risks of travellers.  My ancestor George Penny, spent time in Birmingham between 1835 and 1837 - quite possible they knew each other, though I don't know if there was more than one office in Birmingham.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Friday 30 May 14 11:57 BST (UK)  »
Out of interest, are you researching Excise men or are John and Jemima Trerenny your ancestors?  If so could you give me any details such as names of children, as I know Excise officers were moved around fairly frequently and the dates and birth places of their children give good clues to where to look for them and hence if I do get to the National record office, it helps direct me to the right search place. 
I see there is a John Trenerry and Jemima Griffiths couple on Ancestry but Jemima's father is not Cornelius - a wonderful name and easily identified!

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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Thursday 29 May 14 22:35 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, sounds interesting.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Thursday 29 May 14 19:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi, great to find someone else looking for Excise Officers.  Hopefully someone else will find something for you but if not, eventually I will be going to the National Records Office in Kew, near London, to look for my own ancester, and if you have no luck elsewhere, I'll look for you but the earliers would be this autumn, so don't hold your breath.  Have you looked on Ancestry?

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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Wednesday 25 September 13 20:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much - that's really interesting. 

flo

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Occupation Interests / Re: Excise officers
« on: Tuesday 24 September 13 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Wow, so delighted to have found this thread.  I have an ancestor who was an Excise Officer, and we have his qualification certificate from 1819, the date and location of the birth and baptism of all his children as he and his family moved around the country, and even a letter from his wife to him in one place.  But I'd still value any information on him or more detail on how he would have worked. 

His name was George Penny, born and Christened in Colton, Lancs, in 1797 and qualified in Lancaster, for 'Surveying a Soapery', in 1819, married Margaret Marsh in Hanmer, Flintshire, whilst living in Ellesmere. His children were born and/or Christened at Manchester, Ardwick, Chester, Rusholm, Birmingham, Worcester, and Alcester.  He died at Stourbridge in 1850. 

I know he travelled by horse, with pistols, a lantern and a tinderbox, and I assume that Excise officers were not the most popular of people with some folks.  Did they stay in an area and keep an eye on several places, did they 'survey' several types of manufacturers and did they have standard report forms, in fact any information that people can supply, I'd be very interested to receive. 

I do hope some of those in the know are still checking into this thread, and would be delighted to hear more from you. 

Many thanks,

Flo

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