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Offline will M

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What Does This Say ???
« on: Monday 13 October 08 12:08 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone Im currently trying to push back a couple more generations on this part of the family on the census for 1851 this individual [John Holmes born in leeds 1782 living in Bradford] occupation is listed as the attched source. Does anyone have a clue what is might say ive tried looking at it from a few angles but it still isnt makeing any sense to me haha...

any help would be much appreciated.

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Bill

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Re: What Does This Say ???
« Reply #1 on: Monday 13 October 08 12:16 BST (UK) »
Looks like he was formerly a labourer but now a Pensioner

The word Greenwich has been crossed through

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Essex; Livermore, Barker  Norfolk; Wood, Lack, Spurgeon, Long Wiltshire; Ricketts, Sealey, Dew  Lincs; Drage  Cumberland; McNicol, Bowman  Lancashire; Brogden, Davis

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Re: What Does This Say ???
« Reply #2 on: Monday 13 October 08 12:23 BST (UK) »
Bill, just have a google search and it turns up a few explanations about Greenwich Pensioners, usually seaman, so maybe your man was in the navy.
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Essex; Livermore, Barker  Norfolk; Wood, Lack, Spurgeon, Long Wiltshire; Ricketts, Sealey, Dew  Lincs; Drage  Cumberland; McNicol, Bowman  Lancashire; Brogden, Davis

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Re: What Does This Say ???
« Reply #3 on: Monday 13 October 08 12:38 BST (UK) »
labourer-greenwich pensioner

although greenwich is crossed through, it possibly is not crossed through as an error ,but could be just a "checking" mark and if so would have appeared in red on the original

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Thornhill, Cresswell, Sisson, Harriman, Cripps, Eyre, Walter, Marson, Battison, Holmes, Bailey, Hardman, Fairhurst Noon-mainly in Derbys/Notts-but also Northampton, Oxford, Leics, Lancs-England
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Re: What Does This Say ???
« Reply #4 on: Monday 13 October 08 12:40 BST (UK) »
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