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Can anyone find better than this,
"A Retired Officer of the Public Office Bow & Now A Bath Proprietor"?
Martin
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Funnily enough, I was thinking about this chap a couple of days ago ;D
'Author, Composer, Artist, Photographer, Lantern Slide Maker, Art, Colour and Book Printer, Publisher, Picture Postcard Maker, Entertainer & Lanternist, Christmas Card Maker, Picture Frame Maker.'
It's his 1911 census entry. He could have added 'local historian and political campaigner' but maybe he was overcome by modesty.
Carol
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Carol, you win Rootschat, TNA, and half the internet.
Martin
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A justice of the peace & deputy lieutenant for the West Riding. MP for Wakefield, landed proprietor & retired banker. Author of several poems, lectures & tales etc
Sadly not my ancestor! My connection was a servant in the household. This was 1861
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Can anyone find better than this,
"A Retired Officer of the Public Office Bow & Now A Bath Proprietor"?
Martin
Did he sell baths? Rent out portable ones for special occasions? Was a bath-house owner/keeper? Owned property in Bath? :)
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A justice of the peace & deputy lieutenant for the West Riding. MP for Wakefield, landed proprietor & retired banker. Author of several poems, lectures & tales etc
Sadly not my ancestor! My connection was a servant in the household. This was 1861
I came across one along those lines. Writing was very small to fit it all in and therefore difficult to read. One of the gentleman's occupations was chairman of some organisation. Someone had transcribed his occupation as "Charwoman". ;D
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Maiden Stone, his daughter was listed as bath attendant, so I assume he owned one!
I am sure nobody will beat that! You get the other half of the internet. Carol's looks longer.
Martin
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Again not a relative
1881 Rugby School, Philip Bowden Smith
Clergyman without care of souls. Professor of Modern Languages. M.A. of University Coll Oxford. Master of Boarding House.
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I love "Clergyman without care of souls."
martin
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That really should be "without cure of souls" ;D
A clergyman without his own parish (without cure - care - of souls). Getting a Parish with sufficient income when there were more Clergy than Parishes wasn't always possible.
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c2.html
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Cure means 'charge' from the Latin 'curatus'. The bishop has the universal cure of souls in a diocese but, subject to this, the incumbent of a benefice (or team rector and team vicar(s) in a team ministry) has the exclusive cure of souls within his or her parish or parishes, originally the person given the cure or charge, of a parish, was called the Curate
Stan
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. . . was called the Curate
Stan
wasn't that the dog that stole the Sunday roast? :o ;D ;D
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. . . was called the Curate
Stan
wasn't that the dog that stole the Sunday roast? :o ;D ;D
No, that was "($%£&XZ&%)"
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KGarrad, good clarification. Very useful. Thank you.
Martin