Mystery occupations. Can anyone explain what they were?

[Paul E]

Can you give us the name, age and county and the census it's in and we can look for it?

Paul

[Shanko]

Just got it out and looked again and above all the Confectioner Slue Keeper it has Sweet (something) Bread

Sweet Bread ..... EWW! now that is gross!

[Paul E]

Well, it sure looks like Slue - but I'm sure the well-trained eyes of Rootschatters will work this one out!

[suttontrust]

For all our sakes, post the image and put us out of our misery.

[Shanko]

Paul
Thank you for putting it up for me. Comical though I can do html with tables etc but putting an image on here I havent a clue!

See told everyone it is Slue so now back to the original question what is a Confectioner Slue Keeper?

 

[blinky]

am i the only one who doesnt think it looks like confectioner?

[Paul E]

I think blinky's got it!

The 't' in confectioner looks like an 'l', so the 'l' in slue must be a 't' and Hackstaple wins the money because it can really only be store keeper.

Paul

[Shanko]

blinky,
What do you reckon it is then?
I have transcribed many census pages and have come across Confectioner many times and I have the cd's here as well and those images are alot clearer and I also zoomed right in and checked each letter

Shanko

[casalguidi]

I agree

I think it says confectioners store keeper.  There seems to be an "s" on the end of confectioner and note that the "t" in confectioner isn't crossed as isn't the "t" in store.  Hence the only problem would be that the "o" in store isn't an o but an "e".

Casalguidi