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Title: Help with occupation and address
Post by: jtobred on Monday 19 November 18 21:30 GMT (UK)
The first photo I believe the occupation listed is general dealer + I’m not sure of the second occupation
In the second photo I believe it says no fixed residence, but I was keen to see if anyone could read what the crossed out words could be, many thanks,
Jamie
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Monday 19 November 18 21:36 GMT (UK)
I think the second occupation might be Tinker - I had to reduce the size.
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Monday 19 November 18 21:38 GMT (UK)
Agree - no fixed residence for second image.
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Monday 19 November 18 22:05 GMT (UK)
Still working on the struck out words.

Last word is left

Maybe someone has left  - Husband  :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: hallmark on Monday 19 November 18 22:18 GMT (UK)
Can't make it out either as image is far too blown up making it illegible
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Monday 19 November 18 22:24 GMT (UK)
The first one is legible when reduced but reducing  the second one doesn't really make it any more legible  :-\
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: jtobred on Monday 19 November 18 23:20 GMT (UK)
Sorry I just screenshot both and didn’t know they’d end up so blown up!
Tinker would fit in with what I would expect, my family are Irish travellers. Thank youuuu
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Monday 19 November 18 23:26 GMT (UK)
Could you give a bit of background info that might help us decipher the address section, please.
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: jtobred on Tuesday 20 November 18 10:55 GMT (UK)
The record is a baptism record from 1903, my great grandfather was born at the side of the road in rathnamuddagh co Westmeath. Could it be possible that the address struck out is Rathnamuddagh? Also what is the meaning of the number 70 above it in brackets?
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 20 November 18 11:35 GMT (UK)
I think you've cracked it: Rathnamuddagh

 :)

Not sure what the 70 or 10 is. (maybe distance or some such) . If it's on line, do any of the others on the page have any numbers?
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: arthurk on Tuesday 20 November 18 11:39 GMT (UK)
The (70) - I thought it might be (10) - could be a reference to the correction, ie the 70th (or 10th) one in the register. If so, there may be a corresponding note in the margin to explain it, with the initials or signature of whoever made the change.

This is the way errors should be corrected in statutory marriage registers, but I don't think I've seen it in a baptism register before.
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 20 November 18 12:23 GMT (UK)
That's exactly what I thought, Arthur, when I went off a while ago. Usually the correction code is in the margin though.
 :)
Title: Re: Help with occupation and address
Post by: jtobred on Tuesday 20 November 18 13:27 GMT (UK)
Thank you for your help everyone ☺️