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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Father's occupation
« on: Friday 08 August 25 21:43 BST (UK) »I am assuming he is a Clerk at Gordon’s miln Company.
Is that what you mean?
If you search, ‘miln’ or ‘mylne’ is an old word for ‘ mill’.
Other searches show references to Gordon’s in this context.
See page 15 here:
https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/242671/2/242671.pdf
‘Another bleach field advertisement in 1759 for the Gordon’s Milns Company …’
Many thanks for that. I was unsure if "miln" was an abbreviation for something or even if I was misreading it. If Robert and Helen Nicol is the correct couple his occupation in 1759 and 1764 is a weaver in Perth. Being a Clerk and a reasonably senior one in Aberdeen, if I am taking this correctly, didn't seem to match. I suppose if the company is a fabric mill, which newspapers seem to suggest, it is possible....

Thanks again to you and emeltom