Bose Maker or Bosc Maker

[Jean_E]

I've modified this message since I first posted it. I have added 2 attachments - images of the handwritten word "Deuxième" which led to my "aha!" moment.

I am posting this insight of mine in case others have found handwritten census records or transcriptions of census records with the occupation of "Bose Maker" or "Bosc Maker."

I found someone in an 1850 US census record and the handwritten entry looked like "Bosc Maker" or "Bose Maker" to me. The man was born in England, so I thought perhaps the occupation was more common in England.

I looked through numerous lists of old names for occupations and didn't find either "Bosc Maker" or "Bose Maker."

Then, today, while looking at the images of 1819 handwritten birth records for Brussels, Belgium, in French, it dawned on me that the script "x"s in "Deuxième" in the records looked very much like "sc" or "se."

Quelle surprise . . . the words I thought were "Bosc Maker" or "Bose Maker" were really "Box Maker."

Best wishes from the USA.
Jean