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While looking up [possible] tree members I came across an entry in the 1881 census, who's occupation is stated as:
'Curate, not in charge of souls'. Made me laugh anyway.
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Parish Priests are said to have the 'cure of souls' in their parish, it means in this case he did not have charge of a parish.
See http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,36197.msg4915227.html#msg4915227
Stan
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Oh that's boring Stan ;D
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Here's one in the 1911 Irish census whose occupation was "sick & lazy":
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Cavan_Rural/Killynebber/339180/
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On Freecen 1851 Scottish Census-
Richard Johnston of Jedburgh a lodger with the dubious occupation of House Breaker.
;D ;D
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On Freecen 1851 Scottish Census-
Richard Johnston of Jedburgh a lodger with the dubious occupation of House Breaker.
Probably Horse Breaker
:)
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On Freecen 1851 Scottish Census-
Richard Johnston of Jedburgh a lodger with the dubious occupation of House Breaker.
Probably Horse Breaker
:)
Yes I suppose that would make more sense. But then again, maybe he was an "honest" thief. ;D
Another census entry which made me laugh is from the 1851 in Glasgow
The McCaferty household has a daughter- Eliza McCaferty occupation "Said to be of Bad Character" and a lodger Robert McKay occupation "Pensioner found in House Naked." I wonder if the enumerator blushed??
;D ;D
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One distantly related member of my family is recorded staying with grandparents and his occupation (poor lad) is given as "bastard"!
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If you put Bastard as an occupation in the 1881 census there are eight entries. :)
Stan
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One distantly related member of my family is recorded staying with grandparents and his occupation (poor lad) is given as "bastard"!
Hi,
I wish I kept an article I had a few years ago ( 3maybe 4 yrs ago ) in one of the genealogy mags (slightly off topic here, but relevant to the topic) - It was titled "where are all the Bastards have gone?" - It was about a living elderly man in the uk who was looking for any Bastard's . He is the only one with the surname today in the uk . He' s the only male child ( also is an only child to his parents ) so carried the name - He himself has no children . It was traced back, his father had it, his grandparents had it and so on. Most people who had a surname Bastard - mutated it in recent times ( when I mean recent it was latter half of the 1800's).
Kind regards
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Years ago I used to work with a chap who'd been in the navy in WW2 - he had quite a wicked sense of humour. One day he had to announce a visitor on board ship to the captain - visitor handed him a card and was announced as "there's a Bastard to see you sir"!! Cue an indignant visitor spluttering "it's Bass-tard, an old English name"!
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It was about a living elderly man in the uk who was looking for any Bastard's . He is the only one with the surname today in the uk .
There are 67 Bastard's on the ONS names list for England, Wales and the Isle of Mann in 2002. There are 77 in the UK electoral registers 2002 - 2013.
Stan
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In one census I felt mildly outraged to find that a young lady in my tree had been given the occupation of 'Concubine'! ;D
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I am reminded of a Scavenger Hunt we had on RC a couple of years or so ago, when we were trying to track down a man who had abandoned his wife and children and moved to (I think) Cambridge. The family name was Howell and despite searches in various resources we couldn't find him. Then, going through the sheets for a specific area of Cambridge where other relatives lived, I came across him: Mr Owl. ;D
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You might like to take a look through this thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=353805.msg2328296#msg2328296 and then its continuation, which kept many of us very happily occupied for several days back in January 2009 ::) ;D
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I am reminded of a Scavenger Hunt we had on RC a couple of years or so ago
If you're hunting for scavengers, you will find that at the time of the 1901 census this was the occupation of my great great grandfather Thomas King Spooner.
By 1911 he had gone up in the world a little (but only a little ... )