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Offline bridgwater

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 27 April 08 15:44 BST (UK) »
i'm thinking it could be General Grocer
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:00 BST (UK) »
Just a thought.
Have you looked in a Kelly's for the time and area and seen if there might be a Commercial connection or an advert for the address. Maybe she was a business woman?
Snell Brentford cira 1910: Canada cira 1924

Snell; Southampton 1920

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #38 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:32 BST (UK) »
Quote from: lookingforold on Sunday 27 April 08 17:00 BST (UK)
Just a thought.
Have you looked in a Kelly's for the time and area and seen if there might be a Commercial connection or an advert for the address. Maybe she was a business woman?

No I hadn't!!  Good thinking Lookingforold ;)
BOXALL    Portchester & Southampton<br />CLASBY    Southampton<br />HELLYER   Hound, Netley & Southampton<br />MIDLANE   Isle Of Wight<br />PHILLIPS   Botley & Southampton<br />PRICE       Isle Of Wight<br />VERONELLI/VEARONELLY/VERONELLY & variants ANY<br />WAREN     London<br />WINTER    S.E. London

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #39 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:55 BST (UK) »
It might be 'keeping house' or house keeper. A couple of my ladies on censuses were listed that way.

 That first letter does look like a 'G' though.   hmm....
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #40 on: Monday 28 April 08 12:39 BST (UK) »
I looked a few pages back from the entry to see the general writing of the enumerator, and there is an entry which is clearly General Labourer.

What do you think, comparing it with the one which has been so comprehensively scored out?

Hope this comes out clearly enough!

Pay, Kent. 
Barham, Kent. 
Cork(e), Kent. 
Cooley, Kent.
Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich.
Cotterill, Derbys.
Van Steenhoven/Steenhoven/Hoven, Nord Brabant/Belgium/East London.
Kesneer Belgium/East London
Burton, East London.
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Wayling, East London
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Thorpe, Brightlingsea, Essex

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #41 on: Monday 28 April 08 12:51 BST (UK) »
It looks like General Labourer wriiten in the wrong space and scored out ...feasible?

Joy :) ???
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #42 on: Monday 28 April 08 13:05 BST (UK) »
What about General Dealer? my gran is listed as such on my mum's birth cert in 1909. She had a general shop, selling groceries

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #43 on: Monday 28 April 08 14:02 BST (UK) »
Hi again,

I am still sure that they have just got it wrong! I see no point in trying to read through what is so obviously an error   :-\

Thanks for putting it up like that IgorStrav, I have already looked at the original too, your enlargement makes me even more certain!

Rabbit B  :)

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #44 on: Monday 28 April 08 16:49 BST (UK) »
Quote from: IgorStrav on Monday 28 April 08 12:39 BST (UK)
I looked a few pages back from the entry to see the general writing of the enumerator, and there is an entry which is clearly General Labourer.

What do you think, comparing it with the one which has been so comprehensively scored out?

Hope this comes out clearly enough!



I think you just won this weeks gold star!!!!

You clever thing :)

Many thanks, it certainly looks the same to me.
BOXALL    Portchester & Southampton<br />CLASBY    Southampton<br />HELLYER   Hound, Netley & Southampton<br />MIDLANE   Isle Of Wight<br />PHILLIPS   Botley & Southampton<br />PRICE       Isle Of Wight<br />VERONELLI/VEARONELLY/VERONELLY & variants ANY<br />WAREN     London<br />WINTER    S.E. London
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