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Offline keldon

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1861 occupation
« on: Sunday 12 February 23 10:58 GMT (UK) »
Suggestion please on the head of the family Joseph Brown, a cotton mill worker. First line. Looks like retired, but that doesn't seem right.

Other census:
1841 Cotton weaver
1851 Sizer
1871 Cotton rover

1861
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/9532465:8767

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Re: 1861 occupation
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 12 February 23 11:08 GMT (UK) »
Hi, looks like retired to my eye also,the  Iis not dotted in retired or spinner,best of luck.Feno.

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Re: 1861 occupation
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 12 February 23 12:08 GMT (UK) »
Certainly looks like “Retired” - personally, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought but it does seem a bit young to be retired from that occupation.

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Re: 1861 occupation
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 12 February 23 12:23 GMT (UK) »
Thanks. I though it looked like rd at the end that's what was giving me doubt.
FindMyPast has it as retired. There's only 2,686 retired in all of 1861.

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Re: 1861 occupation
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 12 February 23 12:38 GMT (UK) »
I read it as 'Retierd' - sounds the same as retired just a misspelling.
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