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Can anyone decipher this?
« on: Friday 04 January 08 14:28 GMT (UK) »

Can anyone decipher what the highlighted line says? Fish XXXX Assistant

Many thanks in advance


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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 January 08 14:31 GMT (UK) »

hmmmm - well, not sure - but you can ignore 'FISH' - thats been added during the analysis of the returns.


Note that Father John Barrow (above) is a Poulterer, also strangely lumped in the FISH category ---- could the word in question be an even more scrawled version of Poulterer ? Would make sense to be Dad's assistant ?
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 04 January 08 14:33 GMT (UK) »

Hi wine scribbler

Welcome to Rootschat.

His father appears to be a Poulterer with Fish being added later.  Could it be Poulterer's Assistant again with Fish being added later.

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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 04 January 08 14:49 GMT (UK) »

That does seem to be it - Poulterers assistant does make sense.

I didn't know about the analysis additions so that was very useful too.

Many thanks.
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 04 January 08 22:17 GMT (UK) »

Hi
Cant make any more sence than anyone else but in 1881 he is listed as a hay binder
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 05 January 08 04:58 GMT (UK) »

Hi wine scribbler,

The Theobald name in the census extract caught my eye. I'm sure William Theobald is not an ancestor but I would like to know name of the place where the census was taken and the year please.  If there are any children with that family I wouldn't mind their details.

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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 05 January 08 10:03 GMT (UK) »

it is from the 1891 census for west bergholt, essex. llisted are the head and wife as you can see plus three children - 2 daughters and a son (william 4). let us know if there is a connection.
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 06 January 08 04:36 GMT (UK) »

I can't say for sure whether there is a connection or not, I haven't been able to spend too much time with the siblings of ancestors.  I live in Australia and when I am able to get to the ERO in Chelmsford I usually have a list as long as your arm of possible ancestors or possible leads, so it doesn't leave much time for their siblings, other than finding their baptisms.  The name William has been used in all generations of my line except the last two but then of course it's a pretty common name, so not too much emphasis can be placed on it.

After many years of fruitless search for my ancestor William Tibbel (Theobald) I finally found him in Chelmsford plus the marriage of his parents John Tibbles and Elizabeth French in 1774 at Chelmsford.  As an aid to finding a John Tibbles/Theobald circa 1749 I'm noting any Theobald families in the hope that the children's names might suggest a link to my line and then hopefully give a lead to John.  The info I have on some Theobald ancestor's siblings suggests that they were prone to ranging far and wide in Essex, so I'm keeping my options well open on the birthplace of John.

If you have the names etc of the two daughter and handy I would be grateful for them.

Thanks and regards.
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 06 January 08 11:19 GMT (UK) »

I would agree that it is clearly Poulter, and thereby assistant to father.
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 06 January 08 11:32 GMT (UK) »

one daughter is Edith M but the other I cant really read it might be Maryette or something.
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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 06 January 08 23:31 GMT (UK) »

Thanks for the names, when next I'm in the UK I'll have a look at Maryette? and see if I can decipher it.  I'll also check the family out in the 1901 Census.

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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #11 on: Monday 07 January 08 01:44 GMT (UK) »

The Census name of the 2nd THEOBALD girl is Myrtle R (registered birth 1884 as Mertle Rose). Have PM'd you, findem!  Grin

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Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 08 January 08 00:10 GMT (UK) »

Hi Ambly,
Thanks, I have read the PM and replied.

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