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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #342 on: Wednesday 06 July 05 21:50 BST (UK) »
I HAVE :- CLERK AT THE GATE, FORTRESS GRAUDENZ,
               CASSEN CONTROLLER,
               PIKEN MAKER,
               PIKENEER,
               MANTLE MAKER,
               LIGHTERMAN,
               LOTS OF MARINERS,
               AND HOW ABOUT A PETLINER, DON'T EVEN THINK
               ABOUT THAT ONE. 
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #343 on: Wednesday 06 July 05 22:09 BST (UK) »
Here's one to get you all guessing . . . . one of my ancestors back in 1806 was a DASKER . . . ?

For years I've been trying to find out just exactly what this occupation was so I suppose it could be classed as 'interesting'.

Anne

P.S. He worked in Bothwell, Lanarkshire according to the OPR's.

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #344 on: Wednesday 06 July 05 22:48 BST (UK) »
would it be dancer? in the danish or german language i think dasker means dancer. i am only guessing???
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #345 on: Thursday 07 July 05 11:15 BST (UK) »
No its not dancer in German - thats Tanzer - sorry i cant help you
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #346 on: Thursday 07 July 05 12:43 BST (UK) »
Re DASKER . . .  It's most definately Dasker.

The handwriting is very easy to read (even although it's from the OPR's from 1806). I could probably make something amazingly interesting definition up, no-one would be any the wiser!

Anne

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #347 on: Thursday 07 July 05 13:11 BST (UK) »
GGGGrandfather Matthew Fairclough was a frying pan maker.

I love the precision of the description, not just any old pan, but a frying pan.

Bless him
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #348 on: Thursday 07 July 05 13:48 BST (UK) »
Quote from: apanderson on Thursday 07 July 05 12:43 BST (UK)
Re DASKER . . .  It's most definately Dasker.

The handwriting is very easy to read (even although it's from the OPR's from 1806). I could probably make something amazingly interesting definition up, no-one would be any the wiser!

Anne

Hi Anne

Well, there is a family (only one - therefore a genuine Censuswhack!) in the 1881 census called Dasker - the head of house has probably the least interesting job in the world: an insurance salesman for the Pru!

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #349 on: Thursday 07 July 05 19:13 BST (UK) »
In that case, all is clear  -  he is a DASKER  i.e. a maker of DASKERs.   :o

Didn't do a very good job of it  in 1881, did 'e then  ;D

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« Reply #350 on: Friday 08 July 05 01:48 BST (UK) »



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