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What is a Pall Boy?
« on: Wednesday 15 April 15 15:09 BST (UK) »
I have found in an 1881 census record for Herbert Hawkins age 15 living at 14 Colville Rd. Kensington, Middlesex as being a Pall Boy Domestic. What is a Pall Boy? I checked Google and found nothing.

Thanks for any definition you can find.

Donna

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Re: What is a Pall Boy?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 April 15 15:17 BST (UK) »
Hi having checked the image I think it says Page Boy.

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Re: What is a Pall Boy?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 April 15 16:00 BST (UK) »
 :)

Thank you. I guess the transcriber misread it. Page Boy makes much more sense.

Donna

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Re: What is a Pall Boy?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 April 15 20:38 BST (UK) »
Or a Hall Boy
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Re: What is a Pall Boy?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 April 15 20:44 BST (UK) »
The original image definitely shows Page Boy. The descender from the 'g' has got a little muddled up in the word on the line below which is perhaps why it was wrongly read and transcribed as Pall Boy.
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Re: What is a Pall Boy?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 April 15 21:02 BST (UK) »
 :)

Thanks!

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