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Title: John Voss 1841 census Completed
Post by: percy porter on Monday 28 March 11 19:08 BST (UK)
Can anyone make out the occupation of the above, the scan on FindMyPast is almost unreadable

HO107/piece 294/ book.folio 2/5 page 4.

TIA

Alan NZ
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census
Post by: genjen on Monday 28 March 11 19:17 BST (UK)
If I am looking at the right one, I think it means Draper's Apprentice. That is, the line above says Draper's Shopman and John Voss's line says Do ( ditto) App.

Jen
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census
Post by: percy porter on Monday 28 March 11 19:20 BST (UK)
THanks, he was a carpenter journeyman in the 1851, can't locate him in the 1861 and died (very inconveniently) in 1871.

Alan NZ
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census
Post by: genjen on Monday 28 March 11 19:32 BST (UK)
Is he married? there is a John Voss aged 35 in 1861, a Joiner with wife Emma and  children Emma, Alice and Alfred John.
RG9/1353/96/37 Dorchester.

Jen
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census
Post by: percy porter on Monday 28 March 11 19:43 BST (UK)
Yes Jen, that's him, Alfred John was my G. Grandfather, he is a bit of a mystery as we have not been able to find him in subsequent census until the 1881 when he suddenly appears as Alfre John Cox and has moved to London.  Not sure why the move or the name change although one may have been the reason for the other.

At least you have filled in another small hole.
 :)

Alan NZ
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census COMPLETED
Post by: percy porter on Monday 28 March 11 19:59 BST (UK)
FindMyPast his them listed as "DOSS"  :o

Couldn't find them despite using wild card search, however must admit it does look a bit like 'D' rather than 'V'.

Will notify them

Thanks a  lot

ALan NZ
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census
Post by: genjen on Monday 28 March 11 23:28 BST (UK)
Some of the mistranscriptions of names on census forms are truly mind boggling! But I'm glad I was able to help with this one.

Jen :)
Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census Completed
Post by: alij197 on Thursday 19 May 11 10:37 BST (UK)
Hi Alan

John Voss was brother of my great-great grandfather, George Voss, so you are my 4th cousin.  The name change of two of his children after his death, is, as far as I know, still a mystery.
Would love to know more. I have a pretty well researched tree abounding with Vosses, so please contact me (alij197 on ancestry.com).

Warm regards

Alison



Title: Re: John Voss 1841 census Completed
Post by: percy porter on Thursday 19 May 11 20:32 BST (UK)
Just picked up your reply to this thread, am extremely busy for the next week or so and genealogy has been put on the back burner for a while.

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regards

Alan NZ

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