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« on: Wednesday 15 August 12 12:54 BST (UK) »
Hi,
please can someone decipher the attached section/
This is from Bapt Record from Merthyr Tydful, 1813.
First column is Surname (Thomas), 2nd col is Abode, 3rd col is Trade.
Many thanks,
Rob

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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 13:07 BST (UK) »
Looks like Pwllywhud
Though there could be a dot over u so maybe there is an i somewhere there
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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 13:48 BST (UK) »
Occupation: Wallr (Waller, a maker of walls)
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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 14:07 BST (UK) »
Occupation: Haller perhaps? Or perhaps not as it should be spelled Hauler ...  ;)

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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 15:45 BST (UK) »
With Geoff on this one, I think it is most likely "waller"
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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 August 12 06:50 BST (UK) »
Maltster?

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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 August 12 09:12 BST (UK) »
I have a maltster a few years later, and I find it quite impossible to make maltster out of this entry. Sticking with "waller"
Ayres Brignell Cornwell Harvey Shipp  Stimpson Stubbings (all Cambs) Baumber Baxter Burton Ethards Proctor Stanton (all Lincs) Luffman (all counties)

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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 16 August 12 11:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks everyone.
I'll go with Waller.
Can't find a Pwllwhud in Glam, but I guess it was a farm.

Rob

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Re: Handwriting
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 16 August 12 13:30 BST (UK) »
The place name could be this.

PWLLHELI (Gwy) Pwllhely (1292). Meaning: WELSH pwll ‘pool' and heli ‘brine'. The personal name Helig is a less probable alternative.
McNicoll in Angus, Edinburgh.
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