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Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« on: Friday 19 December 14 20:28 GMT (UK) »
 :-\ I cannot read them at all!

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Mullingar, Westmeath Ireland: Gilligan/Wall/Meagher/Maher/Gray/O'Hara/Corroon (various spellings)
Bristol: Woodman/James/Derrick
Bristol/Somerset: Saunders/Wilmot
Gloucestershire:Woodman/Mathews/Tandy/Stinchcombe/Marten/Thompson
Wiltshire: Mathews
Carmarthen: Thomas, Lewis
Australia: Mary Lewis, transportee, married Henry Brown - what happened to her?

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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:29 GMT (UK) »
I think they both say Mason

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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:30 GMT (UK) »
Mason?

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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:37 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: shanghaipanda on Friday 19 December 14 20:29 GMT (UK)
I think they both say Mason

I also think Mason - possibly as in Stone Mason.

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England:  Archer, Bailey, Bates, Blower, Bosworth, Court, Hicklin, Orton, Palmer, Robbins, Sedgwick, Smith, Stevenson, Stone, Varnam, Wakelin, Walker
Canada:  Archer, Walker, Spencer, Shepherd
Australia:  Taplin
South Africa:  Risley

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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:37 GMT (UK) »
Me too
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CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:45 GMT (UK) »
Thanks - this is a father and son, the youngest son went on to be a baker and confectioner, so he didn't follow in their footsteps :)
Mullingar, Westmeath Ireland: Gilligan/Wall/Meagher/Maher/Gray/O'Hara/Corroon (various spellings)
Bristol: Woodman/James/Derrick
Bristol/Somerset: Saunders/Wilmot
Gloucestershire:Woodman/Mathews/Tandy/Stinchcombe/Marten/Thompson
Wiltshire: Mathews
Carmarthen: Thomas, Lewis
Australia: Mary Lewis, transportee, married Henry Brown - what happened to her?

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Re: Could someone puzzle out these occupations from 1851 census?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 19 December 14 20:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Definately Mason.

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David
Aitcheson, Aldred, Batty, Bauer, Bone, Brewer, Dean, Doyle, Durant, Fife, Finney, Gibson, Graham/Grayham, Hall, Harrison, Hersey, Hill, Holliss, Hudson, Hussey, Insley, Kelsey, King, Laver, Longmore, Luke, Mellor, Newman, North, Parker, Phillips, Porter, Read, Robinson, Rowel, Spink, Sproxton, Steer, Stevenson, Tanner, Witty/Whitty, Warburton, Wood.
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