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Offline SUSANHORTON

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DECIPHER occupation please
« on: Friday 06 May 11 18:21 BST (UK) »
Please would someone decipher the occupation of William Fry. He is on the 1841 Census in Bethnal Green.
Thank you
Sue
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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 May 11 18:23 BST (UK) »
Agent?  Does the initial letter match anything else on the page?
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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 May 11 18:28 BST (UK) »
It looks like Agent to me, also.

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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #3 on: Friday 06 May 11 18:34 BST (UK) »
Have put census on as well. It does appear to match the A's
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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 May 11 18:35 BST (UK) »
There's an Ann a few lines down the page,I don't think the A looks like that at all  ::)
But I don't have a better suggestion!

Can't you find him in 1851?

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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #5 on: Friday 06 May 11 19:18 BST (UK) »
Having enlarged the image, I would agree with Agent.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 07 May 11 01:31 BST (UK) »
Could be A Gent- Short for Gentleman -but Agent seems more likely
In my opinion the marriage residence is not always the place of birth. Never forget Workhouse and overseers accounts records of birth

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Re: DECIPHER occupation please
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 07 May 11 23:33 BST (UK) »
Looks like we have settled on Agent. Now the difficult bit for me will be to find out agent for what.
Thanks everyone.
Sue
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday 08 May 11 00:22 BST (UK) »
In my opinion the marriage residence is not always the place of birth. Never forget Workhouse and overseers accounts records of birth
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