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Offline snowolf

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Farm Overseer
« on: Thursday 12 April 18 08:36 BST (UK) »
Hi ,
me confused here  ???,......what is a Farm Overseer please ????
is he someone who rents the farm & runs it as his own ?
or is he someone who the farmer has employed  (like a supervisor) to keep eye on staff. ect

thanks
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"Durward"... (logie-pert, Dundee, Scotland,& Sydney ,Australia ,New Hampshire , U.S.A ).  "Johnston"..(Logie-pert, "Smith".."Arbuthnott/ monifieth/Montrose/laurencekirk , Scotland) "Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie) Scotland  & Australia. "Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire , Scotland). 
" Myles".. ( Scone, Perthshire , Scotland).
"Edward".. (Kincardneshire ,Dundee,Scotland),  Taylor..(Garvock,Kincardineshire,Scotland) , "Young"..(Kincardineshire),Scotland.
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Re: Farm Overseer
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 12 April 18 08:54 BST (UK) »
I think he was more likely to be an employee, similar to a manager or foreman.
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Re: Farm Overseer
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 12 April 18 09:28 BST (UK) »
Like a farm bailiff, he was responsible for seeing the farm was run properly and the rent was paid on time.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Farm Overseer
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 12 April 18 10:43 BST (UK) »
"Overseer" or "overlooker" is what today is called "middle management".

The equivalent working underground in a coal mine is "underlooker".
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Re: Farm Overseer
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 12 April 18 14:28 BST (UK) »
The Grieve in Scotland!

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Re: Farm Overseer
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 12 April 18 17:13 BST (UK) »
 ;D i'm happy now ,thankyou all so much
"Durward"... (logie-pert, Dundee, Scotland,& Sydney ,Australia ,New Hampshire , U.S.A ).  "Johnston"..(Logie-pert, "Smith".."Arbuthnott/ monifieth/Montrose/laurencekirk , Scotland) "Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie) Scotland  & Australia. "Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire , Scotland). 
" Myles".. ( Scone, Perthshire , Scotland).
"Edward".. (Kincardneshire ,Dundee,Scotland),  Taylor..(Garvock,Kincardineshire,Scotland) , "Young"..(Kincardineshire),Scotland.
"Robertson"..Perthshire ,Scotland)
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