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geniecolgan
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #30 on: Friday 25 April 08 17:08 BST (UK) »

Really hard to see but I go along with Green Grocer.
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #31 on: Friday 25 April 08 17:33 BST (UK) »

Um.........housekeeper.....?
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #32 on: Friday 25 April 08 17:35 BST (UK) »

Difficult one....but I would go with greengrocer also

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #33 on: Friday 25 April 08 18:21 BST (UK) »

Still think the first word is 'General'. Am also inclined to think that the occupation is really John's and is 'General Labourer'.  Each word looks too long to me for it to be 'Green Grocer'.

 That long stroke through the second word isn't part of a letter in it - someone has made similar long curving strokes through other occupations on the page.  Eg. through 'Blacksmith' a couple of lines above.

 Added Sorry, I see that Geoff has already pointed out the curving stroke thing.  What I meant to say is that if  the second word is 'Grocer' the 'G' is nothing like the first 'G', and there is no downward stroke as there would be if it was lower case.
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #34 on: Friday 25 April 08 18:24 BST (UK) »


 That long stroke through the second word isn't part of a letter in it - someone has made similar long curving strokes through other occupations on the page.  Eg. through 'Blacksmith' a couple of lines above.

I agree with you Galium...that's about the only part I can see!!!
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #35 on: Friday 25 April 08 21:05 BST (UK) »

....still think it's housekeeper
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 27 April 08 15:44 BST (UK) »

i'm thinking it could be General Grocer
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:00 BST (UK) »

Just a thought.
Have you looked in a Kelly's for the time and area and seen if there might be a Commercial connection or an advert for the address. Maybe she was a business woman?
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #38 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:32 BST (UK) »

Just a thought.
Have you looked in a Kelly's for the time and area and seen if there might be a Commercial connection or an advert for the address. Maybe she was a business woman?

No I hadn't!!  Good thinking Lookingforold Wink
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #39 on: Sunday 27 April 08 17:55 BST (UK) »

It might be 'keeping house' or house keeper. A couple of my ladies on censuses were listed that way.

That first letter does look like a 'G' though.   hmm....
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #40 on: Monday 28 April 08 12:39 BST (UK) »

I looked a few pages back from the entry to see the general writing of the enumerator, and there is an entry which is clearly General Labourer.

What do you think, comparing it with the one which has been so comprehensively scored out?

Hope this comes out clearly enough!



* Rotherhithe_Census_General_Labourer.JPG (15.46 KB, 640x512 - viewed 58 times.)
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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #41 on: Monday 28 April 08 12:51 BST (UK) »

It looks like General Labourer wriiten in the wrong space and scored out ...feasible?

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #42 on: Monday 28 April 08 13:05 BST (UK) »

What about General Dealer? my gran is listed as such on my mum's birth cert in 1909. She had a general shop, selling groceries

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #43 on: Monday 28 April 08 14:02 BST (UK) »

Hi again,

I am still sure that they have just got it wrong! I see no point in trying to read through what is so obviously an error   Undecided

Thanks for putting it up like that IgorStrav, I have already looked at the original too, your enlargement makes me even more certain!

Rabbit B  Smiley

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Re: Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)
« Reply #44 on: Monday 28 April 08 16:49 BST (UK) »

I looked a few pages back from the entry to see the general writing of the enumerator, and there is an entry which is clearly General Labourer.

What do you think, comparing it with the one which has been so comprehensively scored out?

Hope this comes out clearly enough!



I think you just won this weeks gold star!!!!

You clever thing Smiley

Many thanks, it certainly looks the same to me.
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