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trish251
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Names and occupations
« on: Tuesday 07 September 04 05:31 BST (UK) »
While "squinting over a fiche" keying some data for FreeCEN I came across
Mr Inkpen - SchoolMaster.
I checked the 1881 Census and found many Inkpens. I then checked the IGI, and looking at only extracted entries, the earliest I could find was the late 1700s. I then wondered if the name had, in fact come from the occupation (as with e.g. Tailor).  Does anyone know the origins of this name?

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Re: Names and occupations
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 07 September 04 09:08 BST (UK) »

There is a village of Inkpen on Berkshire/Oxfordshire border somewhere.
That makes me suspect that the name could have geographical (rather than occuaptional) origins.

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Brown 1800 Dover -> Woolwich (Kent)
Barnett 1800 Isleworth -> Woolwich
Pannifer 1830 Suffolk -> Deptford Kent
Brierley in Staffordshire(Pre-1875)
Walters in Middlesex(Pre-1875)
Clift,Gould in Devon/Cornwall

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 07 September 04 11:47 BST (UK) »
Thanks Pauline - interesting - I initially laughed and moved on, but find that I am now interested in the name. The census was from Wiltshire but I'll check back and see where he was born.

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