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Title: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Iain... on Monday 17 June 13 16:21 BST (UK)

Hi All ! 

I’m confused over this 1851 census.   Firstly, a “chamber maid” down for a burly Agricultural Labourer..., and secondly, is the transcription correct ?   I’m darned if I can read the writing correctly !

Any Ideas ?   Thanks..., Iain.

URL to be modified.   Sorry !

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Lostris on Monday 17 June 13 16:31 BST (UK)

Finger-tapping smilie    :P

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Iain... on Monday 17 June 13 17:43 BST (UK)

Quote from: Lostris on Monday 17 June 13 16:31 BST (UK)

Finger-tapping smilie    :P

Lol !   Trying to get my head around it !   Back very soon !   

Here we go..., lol !   had to use an Http.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205/Iain_017/Chambermaid_zpsd299a703.jpg

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Lostris on Monday 17 June 13 17:44 BST (UK)

just give his Birth Year, and where he is enumerated.

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: suzard on Monday 17 June 13 17:50 BST (UK)

Occ on image (to me) reads as "Carter's Mate"

Suz

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Lostris on Monday 17 June 13 17:51 BST (UK)

good Lord, did you go through every image?

ah, missed his update  :-[

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Iain... on Monday 17 June 13 18:19 BST (UK)

Thanks Suz !   Thanks Lostris ! 
 It certainly looks like a stroked “t” despite the bottom turn.   

OK..., I’ll have him down as 2i/c of a horse cart as it was probably a “mobile home,” lol ! (his parents and eventual wife were certainly travellers)   

Thanks..., Iain.  ;)

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: veeblevort on Tuesday 18 June 13 17:53 BST (UK)

Transcribed by FindMyPast as Carter's Master, however, this is his relationship to
the head of household. His actual occupation is provided as Ag Lab.

vv.

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Iain... on Wednesday 19 June 13 06:22 BST (UK)

Thanks VV !   Pleased to see that there’s some discrepancy among the specialists !   Lol !   Gives people like me an excuse !  ;)

What’s a “FindMyPast”?   Also..., don’t want to be a spoil-sport but if it was “Master,” shouldn’t there be two letters between the M and the T ?   Or perhaps this is a traditional regional term and you know it from old ?   

I looked at http://scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm ..., found Carter plus "skilled and self-employed craftsman or tradesman," but at the age of 17 ?   Especially with the head of the house William Skinner also being a farm labourer ?   Confusing ! (but perhaps he slept in the "barn" and had nothing to do with the family as such ?)

But one thing’s certain..., he’s certainly not a Chamber Maid !   :)

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: andycand on Wednesday 19 June 13 07:15 BST (UK)

Hi

I read it as Carters Mate. He would be a cart drivers assistant and was quite a common occupation. As the column is for relationship to Head of Household it shouldn't be there, probably he was a boarder or lodger.

FindMyPast is Findmypast, another commercial site. It is not uncommon for different sites to have different transcriptions, FindMyPast possibly incorrectly read the second word as Mstr, an abbreviation for Master.

Andy

Title: Re: John Finn... chamber maid :
Post by: Iain... on Wednesday 19 June 13 11:43 BST (UK)

Thanks Andy..., very kind of you all.   ;)