Occupation 1901 census please

[nicdigby]

Only the occupation with the arrow (others there for reference).

First word is Machinist - what do you make of the next two words please?

Location: Dudley.

Original: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7814/images/WARRG13_2884_2885-0357?pId=16682755

NB: ten years later he was an 'ammunition machinist'

[Tickettyboo]

 Ammunition ?

Boo

[nicdigby]

Ammunition ?

Boo

Could be, certainly was his profession ten years later. Just strange how the 'tion' is spaced from the first part

[BumbleB]

FindMyPast have his occupation as Machinist ammunition, as is his son, James.  AND just to confuse things they have the surname as ROUND. 

[nicdigby]

FindMyPast have his occupation as Machinist ammunition, as is his son, James.  AND just to confuse things they have the surname as ROUND. 

The correct surname is Round, Ancestry have got it wrong on two different census records

[Tickettyboo]

I am now sure it says Machinist Ammunition

and the location is Aston Manor Civil Parish, not Dudley which was recorded as the man's birthplace.

Interestingly he lived around half a mile from Witton, where there was an ammunition works
https://war-work.com/lion-works-witton/

Boo

[nicdigby]

That all fits in with what I have. Thanks very much

[AlanBoyd]

Boo has beaten me to it, but…

In the census entry his address is 17 Ettington Road. Here is the address on the 1902/1905 6 inch OS map:

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101597606#zoom=5.8&lat=1950&lon=2772&layers=BT

If you zoom out a little and look to the north, just past the railway line you will see the Lion Ammunition Works, which seems like a good candidate for his place of work.

[nicdigby]

Thanks for this. It’s interesting because I originally thought the last word in question was “Lion”

Boo has beaten me to it, but…

In the census entry his address is 17 Ettington Road. Here is the address on the 1902/1905 6 inch OS map:

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101597606#zoom=5.8&lat=1950&lon=2772&layers=BT

If you zoom out a little and look to the north, just past the railway line you will see the Lion Ammunition Works, which seems like a good candidate for his place of work.