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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #54 on: Thursday 21 October 04 00:16 BST (UK) »
Lindagene

Interesting you should say that, my occupation is to do with financial management, though I've never thought of it as a result of ancient genes!

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RYE - Hopton
LONG - Wiltshire/Somerset 
BROUGHTON/ GOODDY- Bawtry/Loversall CRESSWELL - Plymouth 
FOWLES - London 
DANIEL - Gloucester 
BARKER/STREET - Yorkshire
HAWKER - Kings Stanley
WARD - Cheltenham

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #55 on: Monday 01 November 04 19:16 GMT (UK) »

Paternal Great Aunt - owned a Mangler  :D and Grt Grandpa was an Engine Driver for a Threashing Machine..
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #56 on: Monday 01 November 04 19:33 GMT (UK) »
My father was a Merchant Marine (Seaman).  Don't know if that is unusual or not.  I did gene. for a friend and one of His ances. was the hat maker to the Queen, I think it was Victoria.  Now there couldn't be too many of those.  My family were mostly farmers and railroad workers w/some mill workers thrown in.  Me, I started out to be a Zoologist  but as u can see I can't spell it!  And the math involved was way beyond me, I am more of a "digger" so genealogy is great for me.  Tests in collage showed I should be a Librarian or Biologist.  I like animals and the outdoors but like searching for info and working on my own.  I have worked in a Vet's due to my love of critters.
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #57 on: Tuesday 02 November 04 02:27 GMT (UK) »
I've just discovered that some of my Daniel ancestors were slavetraders from Bristol. The shame  :-[
BROGRAVE - Norfolk
RYE - Hopton
LONG - Wiltshire/Somerset 
BROUGHTON/ GOODDY- Bawtry/Loversall CRESSWELL - Plymouth 
FOWLES - London 
DANIEL - Gloucester 
BARKER/STREET - Yorkshire
HAWKER - Kings Stanley
WARD - Cheltenham

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #58 on: Tuesday 02 November 04 06:42 GMT (UK) »
I haven't posted here before because I have no interesting occupations!

My Lincolnshire folk are all, without exception, Ag Labs -  and poor as church mice. 

The Gloucestershire side are all Colliers & Wood Cutters and not a great deal better off.

Nothing remotely resembling 'Gentry'. I still look for wills though - maybe somebody left his best boots, or even his bed, to a family member......I'm an optimist ;D
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire <br />Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire.<br />Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire<br />Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire<br />Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire
Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #59 on: Tuesday 02 November 04 09:29 GMT (UK) »
It's good to hear that i,m not the only one who's family never left a Will.....i keep searching too Darcy.  Cept i don't think my lot even had beds.......or if they did they pawned them Monday and got them back out on Payday!   :)
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #60 on: Tuesday 02 November 04 10:10 GMT (UK) »

LOL Fitty ;D
mine were probably queued at the pawn too! I was trying to be a bit posh there ::)
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire <br />Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire.<br />Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire<br />Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire<br />Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire
Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #61 on: Thursday 04 November 04 08:55 GMT (UK) »
I've just come across one of mine who was a COWBOY in rural Wales in 1871. Sounds more exciting than Ag Lab anyway.
Stuck with:
William Williams of Llanllyfni
John Jones in Llanelli
Evan Evans in Caio
David Davies of Llansanffraid
Evans: Caio/Carms
Jones: CDG, DEN

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« Reply #62 on: Thursday 04 November 04 09:32 GMT (UK) »
D ap D - his name wouldn't have been Williams by any chance?  ;D
BROGRAVE - Norfolk
RYE - Hopton
LONG - Wiltshire/Somerset 
BROUGHTON/ GOODDY- Bawtry/Loversall CRESSWELL - Plymouth 
FOWLES - London 
DANIEL - Gloucester 
BARKER/STREET - Yorkshire
HAWKER - Kings Stanley
WARD - Cheltenham
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