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Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« on: Saturday 03 June 17 05:44 BST (UK) »
I have found Margaret and daughters on the 1841 census at St Giles without Cripplegate e.g. https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amargaret~%20%2Bsurname%3Aglynn~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aireland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1790-1801~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Ajohn~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3Aglynn~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland
The occupation family search gives is NULL, but on the original image it looks like Bafm or Basm. It could even be Bafor or Basor. I guess the a could also be an o, but it looks so neat.
Does anyone know what this could mean?
It says she was born 1796 in Ireland. She may have died in 1843.
Thanks in hope. I believe she was my ggg grandmother.

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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 03 June 17 10:55 BST (UK) »
Don't forget that ages for anyone over 15 were rounded down to the nearest 5 so a 45 yearold could be anything from 46 to 49 that's why the approx birth year is given as 1792 -1796.  If you look at earlier pages on this census I can see at least 2 men with similar looking occupations.  My first thought was an abbreviation for box maker or basket maker.....but the enumerator has given fuller descriptions for other occupations.

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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 03 June 17 10:59 BST (UK) »
I would go for Bas M = basket maker
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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 03 June 17 11:07 BST (UK) »
Looking through some of the other pages it seems that the enumerator frequently uses the standard abbreviation 'm' for maker*, so I'm inclined to agree with ShaunJ that it could well be bas[ket] m[aker]

*Time may be saved by writing the following words, shortly thus, “M.” for Manufacturer, “m.” for Maker, as “Shoe m.” for Shoemaker,
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/1841directions.htm
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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 03 June 17 23:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks so much. I hadn't connected that, though I'd looked through various occupation lists.
I've just looked through more now, and one more fits: basin maker http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-jobs-beginning-B2.html#Basin-Maker
Do you know if women did either or both of these? I'm opting for the basket making. I don't know if there would have been a pottery industry in Middlesex.
By the way, Margaret's husband was John and you can see her children in the family search link https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJ5-NYZ
Margaret, Bridget and Amy. I don't know why John wasn't with them, what his profession was or whether he had died by then. Bridget and Amy were on the 1851 still single, in the Strand, as servants. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGFH-XVG
On the 1871, Ann had married George KING (whose father was a bricklayer), and Bridget lived with them. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBDJ-C35
GLYNN spelling varies e.g. GLIN, GLINN or GLYAN.
I'd love any other information about them too. I haven't gotten further back than this with this family. Do I need another topic for this, or can I stay with this one?
Thanks again.

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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 04 June 17 11:13 BST (UK) »

Do you know if women did either or both of these? I'm opting for the basket making. I don't know if there would have been a pottery industry in Middlesex.


Doulton at Lambeth  :) 
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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 04 June 17 21:08 BST (UK) »
Thanks. It could be either basket maker or basin maker then.

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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #7 on: Monday 05 June 17 13:57 BST (UK) »
I would say it was more likely Basket maker.  It is quite likely that with two young children she worked from home.

Doulton was over the river in Lambeth (Surrey), there were other small potteries in the London area.
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Re: Margaret GLYNN née HIGGINS occupation 1841
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 07:09 BST (UK) »
sounds pretty convincing: basket maker sounds good
Thanks again.