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rich23434565
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Can anyone try and make head or tail of these two occupations?
I can make out 'In Her Majesty's ____ Service' but the missing word is tough.
The second is just gibberish 
Have a look and I'd appreciate any suggestions
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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Pilcher, Jones, Debrauder/Debroeder, Detenon/De Tenon
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper
Hampshire: Voller, Carter, Withers, Lovelock
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers, Wrenn
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson
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c-side
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A new generation - my great grandson 11-09-09
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It looks to me like Preventive Service and the other one like Preventyman though what this/these might be I haven't a clue!
Christine
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Gadget
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Holy Island - Pilgrims' Path
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Preventive service, I think
The second one looks like Preventyman but
Gadget
(snap - Christine - no reds now  )
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c-side
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A new generation - my great grandson 11-09-09
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Just done a quick 'define' on google. The only preventive allied to government were disease control and warfare! Preventy man drew a blank.
What year are we talking about?
Christine
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rich23434565
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Thank for replying
I wondered about 'preventyman' but it's just nonsense
OH, hang on a sec. Preventive Service is a good one though! I just Googled it and apparently it's to do with preventing smuggling, sort of like Customs and Excise!
There's a website here:
http://www.hm-waterguard.org.uk/
Fantastic! So 'preventy man', although it only gets three hits on Google, must be related. This is good news.
Thank you so much! 
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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Pilcher, Jones, Debrauder/Debroeder, Detenon/De Tenon
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper
Hampshire: Voller, Carter, Withers, Lovelock
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers, Wrenn
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson
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rich23434565
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Preventive Officer is now a rank in HM Customs and Excise. Your man's a smuggler catcher, I think.
Mike
You got there before me 
'Preventive service' unlocked the mystery.
Thanks to all!
(P.S the year was before 1845 as it appears as the father's occupation on a marriage certificate).
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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Pilcher, Jones, Debrauder/Debroeder, Detenon/De Tenon
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper
Hampshire: Voller, Carter, Withers, Lovelock
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers, Wrenn
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson
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c-side
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A new generation - my great grandson 11-09-09
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So how come you get three hits on Google when it just laughed at me and asked for an alternative 
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rich23434565
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So how come you get three hits on Google when it just laughed at me and asked for an alternative
I was mistaken, lol. I only got one hit back. It was trying to show me 'preventy man' as a typo in something:
"in the Greek fable who wanted to preventy man- kind form having the secret of fire. But Prometheus stole the secret of fire for the benefit of mankind. .."
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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Pilcher, Jones, Debrauder/Debroeder, Detenon/De Tenon
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper
Hampshire: Voller, Carter, Withers, Lovelock
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers, Wrenn
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson
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rich23434565
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Maybe "where" would be better confirmation than "when"?
Mike
Bethnal Green (although the woman marrying seems to have been born in Southend - the first pic comes from her first marriage in 1845. The second pic is from her second marriage in 1870. The occupation is that of her father).
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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Pilcher, Jones, Debrauder/Debroeder, Detenon/De Tenon
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper
Hampshire: Voller, Carter, Withers, Lovelock
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers, Wrenn
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson
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