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In the 1891 England census my ancestors occupation is LAndSWRY Laborer. Can anyone tell me what that stands for?
1901 his occupation is Credit Draper and in 1911 is Furniture Dealer.
Thank you for your help.
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In the 1891 England census my ancestors occupation is LAndSWRY Laborer. Can anyone tell me what that stands for?
1901 his occupation is Credit Draper and in 1911 is Furniture Dealer.
Thank you for your help.
London and South Western Railway?
Philip
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Hello there and welcome to Rootschat.
Can you tell us who you are talking about and where he was living and then we can take a look ourselves to make an informed decision.
Regards
Carol
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If it is the Edward Robbins living in Wimbledon, then it is definitely the London & South Western Railway. Wikipedia has an entry about Wimbledon Station giving its history.
The census office has annotated the occupation with "Plate" - their abbreviation of Platelayer.
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Thank you so much to each of you who replied.
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If it is the Edward Robbins living in Wimbledon, then it is definitely the London & South Western Railway. Wikipedia has an entry about Wimbledon Station giving its history.
The census office has annotated the occupation with "Plate" - their abbreviation of Platelayer.
How could you possibly guess who the OP was referring to,there was no mention of his name in her first posting?
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But there was an occupation, and I just searched FindMyPast for "L & S*". There were only a handful of results, and only one mentioned labourer.
Wildcards are your friend!
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I have another occupation question. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Henry Robins and family. I think his occupation is Ballast paint Guard and then some initials beside it?
I could only find ballast heaver and ballast man in the old english occupations that I googled.
Thank you for helping me figure out how you knew who my ancestor was in my last inquiry.
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Where does this Henry Robins live,how old is he and when you say family,who are they?
In 1891 there are 148 people called Henry Robins, I'm not going to look at them all for you ;D
Carol
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Could be Ballast Train Guard ? That is a guard on a train carrying ballast and sand to deliver to permanent way gangs along the railway line.
Ballast Guard: A goods guard in charge of train of trucks conveying ballast for use in repair of permanent way. From "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"
Stan
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Where does this Henry Robins live,how old is he and when you say family,who are they?
In 1891 there are 148 people called Henry Robins, I'm not going to look at them all for you ;D
Carol
From the transcription on Familysearch
He appears to be 35 years old born Berkshire, occupation given as "ballist train guard LSN"
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It is Train
Stan
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Where does this Henry Robins live,how old is he and when you say family,who are they?
In 1891 there are 148 people called Henry Robins, I'm not going to look at them all for you ;D
Carol
From the transcription on Familysearch
He appears to be 35 years old born Berkshire, occupation given as "ballist train guard LSN"
How did you even get to the 1891 census on Family Search,it is the most confusing of all the websites and very American biased.
I log on and get "Search Historical Records" you then put a name in but if you don't know their approx date of birth you get thousands of possibles. I don't see anywhere to enter an occupation least of all narrow down a particular UK census?
Carol
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The company looks to be the London & South Western again. Probably couldn't squeeze in the "&".
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Carol8353
Familysearch is not a sensible first place to try to look for a census entry. I'm afraid you need one of the pay sites, or to go to a record office. If a census entry comes up on FS it's a free bonus!
Melbell
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In 1901 he is a Foreman (Ballast Train).
Stan
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Having worked for South West Trains at Wimbledon, I'll add that ballast is the name for the pieces of stone that the sleepers and rails are bedded on to. It is the off-white mis-shapen stones, one to two inches across.
Martin
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Carol8353
Familysearch is not a sensible first place to try to look for a census entry. I'm afraid you need one of the pay sites, or to go to a record office. If a census entry comes up on FS it's a free bonus!
Melbell
Melbell,that is exactly my point,unless we are given more info from the start how can we possibly find someone on the censuses on either Find My Past or Ancestry,both of which I have subscribed to for at least 20 years.
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Where does this Henry Robins live,how old is he and when you say family,who are they?
In 1891 there are 148 people called Henry Robins, I'm not going to look at them all for you ;D
Carol
From the transcription on Familysearch
He appears to be 35 years old born Berkshire, occupation given as "ballist train guard LSN"
How did you even get to the 1891 census on Family Search,it is the most confusing of all the websites and very American biased.
I log on and get "Search Historical Records" you then put a name in but if you don't know their approx date of birth you get thousands of possibles. I don't see anywhere to enter an occupation least of all narrow down a particular UK census?
Carol
I always enter England in the location, I find this usually filters out all the US entries, and there isn't anywhere to enter an occupation.
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Re Census searches - you just have to try over and over again, with every trick you can think of. I've searched for years for some people and then - bingo - suddenly there they are! One ancestor eluded me for years and then turned up (mis-transcribed) in the most obvious place. Some of the transcriptions are truely off-key. It did occur to me that if I had visited the appropriate record office, as in the old days, and scrolled through the whole thing on film I would have found him. This is the down-side of entering even vaguely specific info. in searchable databases. I would have been better browsing the whole thing.
And of course Familysearch is only an index.
Melbell
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I have another occupation question. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Henry Robins and family. I think his occupation is Ballast paint Guard and then some initials beside it?
I could only find ballast heaver and ballast man in the old english occupations that I googled.
Thank you for helping me figure out how you knew who my ancestor was in my last inquiry.
I still think you are missing the point Melbell.
The OP asked for help to find what the correct occupation was ,and I asked for more info as we didn't even have his name,age,or where he lived.
Then a couple of people seemed to be able to find who he was and what it said by just the dodgy occupation.With one saying they had found them on Family Search...again without a name HOW???
8)
Carol
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Not trying to be awkward or clever, but I don't understand the problem. The occupation was found by looking at other websites - pooling research resources.
Melbell
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Thank you to all who replied regarding my second occupation inquiry.