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Offline br2az04

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Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:25 BST (UK) »
i have been struggling to decipher it.
This is under the occupation on a birth certificate
Bradford - St Pancras<br />Senior - Islington, St Pancras<br />Bowles - St Pancras<br />Eaves - St Pancras, Islington<br />Hodges - St Pancras, Islington<br />Nunn - St Pancras, Islington<br />Smith - Islington, St Pancras<br />Brown, Islington, St Pancras

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:27 BST (UK) »
Dairyman?
Information given in census transcriptions is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Eagle (Yorkshire), Prior (Berkshire), Buckland (Nottinghamshire),
Short (Devon), Sinclair (Caithness, Scotland), Patterson (Co. Tyrone, Ireland)

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:34 BST (UK) »
Is the first letter an S?
Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire/Cumbria), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Cumbria), Bracewell (Lancashire), Moxham (Lancashire0

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:36 BST (UK) »
Hi
Can we have more of the document to look at to compare different letters?
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<br /><br />Websdale, Jillings, Lovett, Savage, Egmore, Seymour, Graves, Hustler, Stannard<br />in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire<br />Condrit, Condrat, Condrut, Tyler, Hunter and Evans in NSW Australia

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:42 BST (UK) »
I'd agree with Dairyman
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from The National Archives <br />Lunt (Wavertree/West Derby), Forshaw (West Derby), Richardson (Knowsley), Kent (Cheshire), <br />Cain (Hertfordshire, London), Larkins (Bedfordshire, London), Nunn (London), Lenton, Hillyard (Bedfordshire), <br />Parle, Lambert, Furlong, Wafer (Wexford)<br />Special separate interest in Longford (Blackrock, Dublin)

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:46 BST (UK) »
I am so stupid on the census it says cowman so thanks guys i think Dairyman is a good bet.
Bradford - St Pancras<br />Senior - Islington, St Pancras<br />Bowles - St Pancras<br />Eaves - St Pancras, Islington<br />Hodges - St Pancras, Islington<br />Nunn - St Pancras, Islington<br />Smith - Islington, St Pancras<br />Brown, Islington, St Pancras

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 30 March 06 21:52 BST (UK) »
The last bit looks more like maid to me
Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire/Cumbria), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Cumbria), Bracewell (Lancashire), Moxham (Lancashire0

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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 01 April 06 12:24 BST (UK) »
Looks like 'Slaughterman'.
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Re: Could someone please read this and tell me what it is?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 02 April 06 00:07 BST (UK) »
Dairyman  :)

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