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Steve G
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My Maternal Great Gran ~ Polly Burge
Fathers Occupation ? (Completed)
« on: Tuesday 30 June 09 22:08 UTC (UK) »
 Huh I thought " Soldier ". But, as my eyes settled, the 'S' doesn't look so right any more. Then it all just sort of fell apart! I have everything ese on there. Just James' occupation, please?

Showing the entire thing, so ye can compare as much of the script as possible:

* Burge_William_X_Chubb_Elizabeth._1861.jpg (386.14 KB, 1000x728 - viewed 61 times.)
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GAITES (Alverstoke / Bath Pre 1850)
CURTIS (Portsmouth & Pre 1800 London).
BURGE (Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire)
HUNTLEY (Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, 'Surroundings')
Roger The Hat
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Re: Fathers Occupation ? (Marriage Cert')
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 22:32 UTC (UK) »
Umm,

Looks pretty much like soldier, to me!
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Lin Up a Tree
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Re: Fathers Occupation ? (Marriage Cert')
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 22:39 UTC (UK) »
Really looks like Soldier to me too.  Smiley
Are you able to find another record perhaps to support this? (Census?)
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HELLIWELL (Sowerby/Bradford WRY, Wellington NZ, Sydney AU)
>> also West Yorkshire: PARKINSON, RICHARDSON, RAISTRICK,
ACKROYD, BERRY, BREARLEY, BELLHOUSE, DODGSON, BRAYSHAW,
WALTON, MITCHELL, PICKLES, ASHLEY

MARSHALL (Jersey CI, Middlesex, Sydney AU)
BILLINGS / BLACK / SHEPPARD (Essex, Middlesex)

CODDINGTON (Lincolnshire, NSW Australia)

HOWE / HOLMES / BATTERSHILL / KIRTON (Devon)

DUPEYRON / LE MÉE (France, Guernsey CI)
DUFAU / DUBRANA (France)
net64
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Re: Fathers Occupation ? (Marriage Cert')
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 22:42 UTC (UK) »
Hi all!
Yes, definitely soldier Smiley

Annette
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Doherty-Inishowen,Donegal/Glasgow,Scotland
Bradley-Inishowen,Donegal
Limerick-Derry/Inishowen,Donegal
Brown  - Inishowen , Donegal
cConway-Inishowen,Donegal
Harvey-Glasgow/Campsie,Scotland
McGill-Glasgow,Scotland
Carroll-Ireland/Glasgow
McGruer-Cullen,Banff/Glasgow
geniecolgan
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Many a slip!
Re: Fathers Occupation ? (Marriage Cert')
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 22:47 UTC (UK) »
We are all agreed, it's soldier.

Look at the way S is written in Spinster
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Colgan, Scott, Templeton in Northern Antrim
Colgan in Saskatchewan, Canada
Durrant in Herts & Middlesex
Ford,Smith in Hammersmith, Fulham, Brentford
Whiting in Berkshire
Weller in Sussex and London
Walker in the 24th of Foot, (Canada, Ireland, India and South Africa) and London
Steve G
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My Maternal Great Gran ~ Polly Burge
Re: Fathers Occupation ? (Completed. Thanks)
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 00:07 UTC (UK) »
It's actually the way Spinster and Smith (the witness) each lack the curled forward and joined tail that made me start doubting myself. I'm probably just fried!  Wink

 Ok, folks. Thanks for ye help and reassurance  Smiley

Lin; Good thinking. Thanks again. I'll just need to dig up some more jin on 'Slippery Bill' first. Like; Find his first wife and refine the ages we're talking here.

 Right now though? Relaxing and getting some decent kip seems a fair option too!  Wink

 Cheers, all. I'll call this one " Completed ".
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GAITES (Alverstoke / Bath Pre 1850)
CURTIS (Portsmouth & Pre 1800 London).
BURGE (Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire)
HUNTLEY (Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, 'Surroundings')
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