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Offline Big Ron

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Re: What occupation
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 02 May 12 11:11 BST (UK) »
Hi there

I also have an 1841 census form with a few people giving their occupations as 'W M'.  They are a mixture of men and women, and none of the suggested answers so far given seems likely.  Any more suggestions would be welcome!

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Re: What occupation
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 02 May 12 11:26 BST (UK) »
Hi Big Ron,

Can you post your Census image, so we can see your example?

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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 02 May 12 11:43 BST (UK) »
Hi Grantley

Here is a page with two examples, one male and one female.  By way of background, it is a rural village whose main work was farming at this time as well as a declining textile (wool) industry.  There were five people altogether with this abbreviation against their names, three male and two female, with ages ranging from 25 to 50.  Unfortunately, none of them appeared in the 1851 census, so it is not possible to get more information on their occupations from that source.  Any clues very welcome!

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Re: What occupation
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 02 May 12 22:35 BST (UK) »
I am sorry Ron, I can not add anything further.

W M (with means), as an alternative to Ind. (Independent or Own Means) would be acceptable in my case.

My Susannah HICKS was unmarried. Other than that I can add nothing.

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Re: What occupation
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 03 May 12 08:55 BST (UK) »
Hi Grantley

The position of the individuals in their various family groups doesn't really support the 'With Means' hypothesis in my case - I suspect it has some specific job-related meaning, but I can't think what!  However I am very interested to have discovered that mine is not a unique example which might otherwise have suggested a quirk of the particular enumerator.

Thanks very much for looking at it anyway, and if I do find any more answers I will post them here.

Ron
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