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Offline Lee Ross

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1871 Census - handwriting help
« on: Sunday 14 October 18 10:19 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help me read the 'occupation' of Arthur F. Parker on the 1871 Census?

____ Pupil

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Lee
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- Parker (Bristol, England/West Indies)
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- Gallagher (County Donegal, Ireland)
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Re: 1871 Census - handwriting help
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 October 18 10:24 BST (UK) »
Noting that his father is a surgeon, I would suggest "surgeon's pupil"
UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: 1871 Census - handwriting help
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 October 18 10:41 BST (UK) »
It looks as if the Surgeon is squashed in after the Pupil was written.  Also, looks as if it is possibly written  in a different hand than the Surgeon opposite his father.

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Re: 1871 Census - handwriting help
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 October 18 11:09 BST (UK) »
I read it as 'Surgeon's Pupil' before seeing the other replies.

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Re: 1871 Census - handwriting help
« Reply #4 on: Monday 15 October 18 02:09 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your help!
Now that you say it, definitely looks like surgeon's pupil and makes sense!



- Ross (Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
- Clark (Bellie, Moray, Scotland)
- Parker (Bristol, England/West Indies)
- Appleyard (Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England)
- Wheatley (London, England)
- Gallagher (County Donegal, Ireland)
- Lambert (County Limerick, Ireland)
- Casbolt (Cambridgeshire, England)
- Slavin (County Armagh, Ireland)
- McBride (County Armagh, Ireland)
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