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Offline vintagelifestyle

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Does this say what I think it says?!
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 02:27 BST (UK) »
My family are adamant this reads, "sl*ts home servant". I'm not so sure, but could be possible as the woman it pertains to was a single housekeeper who was having many illegitimate children with her married employer. What are your opinions?

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?!
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 27 July 17 02:46 BST (UK) »
 ;D Sure looks like it but....

We have seen on here before where Enumerators write what they think (their perception)!

Have you compared letter formation with others on same page?

What's her occupation on previous & later census'?

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?!
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 July 17 05:15 BST (UK) »
Sleep Home?  ???

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?!
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 27 July 17 05:31 BST (UK) »
Yes, it says "sleep home servant".  It refers to a servant who sleeps in their own home at night, as opposed to a live-in servant.

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?!
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 27 July 17 23:00 BST (UK) »
Quote from: sbny357 on Thursday 27 July 17 05:31 BST (UK)
Yes, it says "sleep home servant".  It refers to a servant who sleeps in their own home at night, as opposed to a live-in servant.

Steve

More likely to have been a servant in a 'doss-house', clearing up after the nightly visitors.

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?!
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 27 July 17 23:32 BST (UK) »
Of course I wasn't around at the time, so I don't know for sure.  But when I search the term "sleep home", I find many references in the context of jobs where servants "sleep home" at night, which apparently was seen as making the job more desirable because the work hours were limited:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmAVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=%22sleep+home%22+servant&source=bl&ots=hFXTjAtvWP&sig=KJUgN3OmpojFDULCUhaf3ohiBkw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP99bhu6rVAhVEND4KHXE1BbgQ6AEIJjAE#v=onepage&q=%22sleep%20home%22%20servant&f=false

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14117/14117-8.txt
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