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What is this occupation? - SATISFIED!
« on: Wednesday 23 January 19 21:12 GMT (UK) »
 Can anyone offer suggestions as the the occupation in this 1841 census snippet?

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Quinlan - Glasgow & Ireland + married Hogbin, Best & King, Australia
Winton - Angus
Joyce - Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
Aitkin/Aitken - Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Co. Galway, Australia
Taylor - County Tyrone, Skibereen, Loughrea, Liverpool, Beccles
Higgins, Ryan and Kelly - Athenry
White - Clara, Kings County/County Offally
Law - Ayrshire, Argyllshire
Orr - Ayrshire, County Antrim, Australia
Burnett - Kincardineshire, Angus, Clydebank
Carnegie - Kincardineshire

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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 23 January 19 21:13 GMT (UK) »
I see Dressm, maybe short for dressmaker?
Newson, Steavenson, Walker, Taylor, Dobson, Gardner, Clark, Wilson, Smith, Crossland, Goldfinch, Burnett, Hebdon, Peers, Strother, Askew, Bower, Beckwith, Patton, White, Turner, Nelson, Gilpin, Tomlinson, Thompson, Spedding, Wilkes, Carr, Butterfield, Ormandy, Wilkinson, Cocking, Glover, Pennington, Bowker, Kitching, Langhorn, Haworth, Kirkham.

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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 23 January 19 21:14 GMT (UK) »
Dressm? Short for Dressmaker.
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 23 January 19 21:16 GMT (UK) »
Thanks cristeen and Ruskie. That was my first guess, but I've not seen that abreviation before, so I'll go with it.  ;D ;D

Alistair
Quinlan - Glasgow & Ireland + married Hogbin, Best & King, Australia
Winton - Angus
Joyce - Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
Aitkin/Aitken - Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Co. Galway, Australia
Taylor - County Tyrone, Skibereen, Loughrea, Liverpool, Beccles
Higgins, Ryan and Kelly - Athenry
White - Clara, Kings County/County Offally
Law - Ayrshire, Argyllshire
Orr - Ayrshire, County Antrim, Australia
Burnett - Kincardineshire, Angus, Clydebank
Carnegie - Kincardineshire

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Re: What is this occupation? - SATISFIED!
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 24 January 19 05:07 GMT (UK) »
to me it looks like dresser-DRESSER One who dresses another. A surgeon's assistant. Also one who operated a machine which prepared threads in the textile industry
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surnames in direct line - going back 8 generations

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 24 January 19 06:54 GMT (UK) »
I think that the letter/s after the s look a lot different from the last two letters of Sarah's surname.  :-\

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 24 January 19 07:18 GMT (UK) »
worried about one or two of the letters.. but if you are happy OK

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