Occupation help

[JenB]

Fent Dealer - Dealer in "Fents" - cloth remnants, ends of bolts of cloth etc
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/f.html

[charlotteCH]

On the page  on whch the original scan comes are there any other words starting with a capital "F"as a basis for comparison?

charlotte

[stonechat]

Hi

The problem with the 1911
She is living alone no other comparison

Bob

[Mumsie2131]

when I read first read it I thought Fents - both my parents were in aspects of the cotton trade so it was a word I was familiar with.

[nickgc]

Fent doesn't make "scents" (sorry) when combined with Geoff's discovery of the occupation code.  Why would a dealer in fabric remnants be classified with chemists and druggists?  A "scent dealer" as Kath proposed would be classified as such.  Much more likely I think.

Nick

[Geoff-E]

Fent doesn't make "scents" (sorry) when combined with Geoff's discovery of the occupation code.  Why would a dealer in fabric remnants be classified with chemists and druggists? 

Of course, the census clerk would have to do the same deciphering as we all are ... if he thought it said "scent", he would treat it accordingly.  If his version was wrong, he'd classify it wrongly! 

[roopat]

I went into our local fabric / pattern / dressmaking shop today, it's been there years - it's called the Fent Shop - it's in Norfolk miles from the cotton industry, must admit I'd never heard of it before I came here.
Pat

[stonechat]

Thanks for the ideas

I had never realised that those numbers were a code that meant something

[Geoff-E]

I had never realised that those numbers were a code that meant something

Here's the list http://www.1911census.co.uk/content/default.aspx?r=24&127