*completed*occupation x 2, can't read !

[fallingonabruise]

I found that too

[Geoff-E]

I'll go along with bearkat - Pavio(u)r.

[bearkat]

There's a Stephen R BRIDGES age 46 living in St Saviour, Southwark in 1871.

[Koromo]

Goodness me!  One of the Livery Companies of London is "The Worshipful Company of Paviors."

"Records of the Paviors date back to 1280, when Paviors were first made
responsible for the repair and cleaning of London's streets and pavements."

http://www.paviors.org.uk/about/origins.aspx

[fallingonabruise]

There's a Stephen R BRIDGES age 46 living in St Saviour, Southwark in 1871.

have you got a ref number for that, I still can't find it 

pavior is looking like it might be the one,
thank you everyone !

[josey]

It's RG10/614/50/22 [from the correct transcription on f*ndmyp*st].

Good old *nc*stry has him indexed as Gephenk Bridson. He is living with a Mary Anthony aged 20. Neither have stated their 'condition' as to marraige.

Wonder if the Livery Company still have records? If he was a master paviour he may have been registered with them.

Josey

[bearkat]

You have to laugh    otherwise you'd cry 

[fallingonabruise]

  how on earth did they get Gephenk Bridson ?
and i can't read his occupation on that either !!!
thanks Joesy 

[Geoff-E]

I think they did rather well to get the first letter of the surname to be B.  He was a Mason.