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Occupation Interests / Re: Occupation abbreviation L (or I) M
« on: Thursday 19 August 10 07:55 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for having a look - I've never come across this before so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Regards
Molly

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Occupation Interests / Re: Occupation abbreviation L (or I) M
« on: Wednesday 18 August 10 17:30 BST (UK)  »
Hi Stan

The source information (and I hope this is what you need) is 1841 HO107; Piece 311; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Dalton Le Dale; County: Durham; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 36; Page: 30. Ancestor name is Thomas Bell b abt 1781.

Cheers

Molly

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Occupation Interests / Occupation abbreviation L (or I) M
« on: Wednesday 18 August 10 09:27 BST (UK)  »
Hello
Can anyone help explain the occupation abbreviation L (or could be I) M which appears in the 1841 census records for Seaham Harbour, Durham? There's lots of men who this appears against so it must be a common occupation but it's not an abbreviation I've come across before.
Thanks in anticipation
Molly

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Double marking of graves
« on: Tuesday 20 April 10 12:53 BST (UK)  »
But, if it was the initial marker for the grave, why leave it there and put the final, larger headstone immediately behind it so part is obscured? Or is the small stone the foot stone which has been moved to rest against the headstone for purposes of cemetery maintenance? What was the purpose of the foot stone?

Cheers
Molly

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Double marking of graves
« on: Thursday 15 April 10 10:39 BST (UK)  »
I'm not sure but it's a possibility. If the small ones had started off at the foot then moving them to make them flush with the large headstone would certainly help maintenance but why keep them at all as they don't seem to serve any purpose and moving them just covers up part of the larger headstone? It's a mystery to me!

Cheers
Molly

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Double marking of graves
« on: Thursday 15 April 10 09:40 BST (UK)  »
I've found some family graves from mid 19th century that have the usual size of headstone with a much smaller one immediately in front. Sometimes the smaller gravestone appears to have the initials of the person whose name is given in full behind but often the smaller stone obscures part of the inscription on the bigger one. Does anyone know the purpose of the small stone - I thought it might be a temporary marker until the 'real' stone was placed in position but then why leave the small one?

Regards
Molly

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Occupation Interests / Re: club porter
« on: Thursday 11 December 08 12:59 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for suggestions - it's pretty much what I anticipated but I wanted to make sure.
Apologies for not acknowledging sooner.

Molly

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Occupation Interests / club porter
« on: Thursday 27 November 08 15:39 GMT (UK)  »
Could be obvious, but does anyone know what a club porter did? Given as an occupation in the 1901 census attached to someone who worked in a market town in Suffolk. I've not come across it before and any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Molly

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Occupation Interests / Re: Ocupation looks like 'Tape M S'
« on: Saturday 08 March 08 20:55 GMT (UK)  »
A big thank you to all those who offered suggestions to my question (I've only just picked up this up so apologies for not saying thanks before). I think tape making is a distinct possibility - I hadn't made the connection between tapes and ribbons.

Many thanks again

Molly

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