What is this Occupation? *** COMPLETED ***

[Chiad Fhear]

Hi

I've attached a section from a 1921 Register of Marriage in which I'm struggling to decipher the Occupation for Henry Hyatt Booth.

Artificer I can make out but what did he make?

The on-line dictionary defines an Artificer as "A skilled worker; a craftsperson. One that contrives, devises, or constructs something"

Any 'super-sleuths' have any clues?

Regards

Chiad Fhear

[rutht22000]

Hello

is it Link maker??  Artificer & Link Maker

think its definitely something maker tho.

[HeatherLynne]

I agree, it looks like Artificer & Link Maker.  I googled 'link maker' and all the replies were to do with internet links!  He must have been way ahead of his time   

Heather

[Chiad Fhear]

Thanks 'rutht22000' and Heather

I'd thought 'LINK' as well.

It looks like there's an ampersand (&) after 'Artificer' and the upper case 'L' is in keeping with another entry on the record but there seems to be more that 'in' before the 'k' if you follow?  The 'n' in 'Henry' and 'Annie' are both quite distinct.  It looks like an 'm' but the word doesn't make sense. 

Regards

Chiad Fhear

[Rena]

I think he was an expert in his job, e.g.

Artificer: a member of the military skilled in a trade (e.g. carpentry, blacksmithing), a craftsman or an inventor. The term can also be used generically to refer to any skilled worker.

[HeatherLynne]

I can see what you mean Chiad Fhear, having seen how precise the writer is elsewhere with dotting his 'i's it's disappointing there's no dot to confirm the i in Link.  The letter between the L and nk doesn't look like anything else though, his 'o's have quite a clear space in the middle of them, and it's not an a, u or e either, even if there was such a thing as a Lank, Lunk or Lenk maker!

Was Henry old enough in 1911 to have this occupation on the census?

Heather

[Chiad Fhear]

Thanks all

The fog is slowly clearing 

There does appear to be a dot just before the 'k' but this could have been caused by a speck of dirt on the scanner ... NOT MINE, I hasten to add    The record was downloaded from SP as a PDF this morning ... by a 'cousin' in Brisbane ... and sent over the internet to me!

I'm now wondering why the Registrar would put an ampersand and the word 'and' in the same line especially when it was obvious he didn't had enough space?

Alas, I don't have access to the 1911 Census and Henry doesn't feature in my Family Tree as to warrant the expense.  I've no other information for hi whatsoever.

[Seoras]

Couls a link maker be a chain maker.Quite a skilled bit of blacksmithing at one time with every link beinf forged seperately.

[HeatherLynne]

Thanks all

The fog is slowly clearing 

There does appear to be a dot just before the 'k' but this could have been caused by a speck of dirt on the scanner ... NOT MINE, I hasten to add    The record was downloaded from SP as a PDF this morning ... by a 'cousin' in Brisbane ... and sent over the internet to me!

I'm now wondering why the Registrar would put an ampersand and the word 'and' in the same line especially when it was obvious he didn't had enough space?

Alas, I don't have access to the 1911 Census and Henry doesn't feature in my Family Tree as to warrant the expense.  I've no other information for hi whatsoever.

I think he didn't use & for the second 'and' as it was in the context of the marriage between 'Henry Hyatt Booth and Annie Robertson or Booth' and an ampersand wouldn't really be right there.

p.s. I've had no luck looking on the 1911 - Henry Booth is a very common name!  There are no Henry Hyatt Booths.