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Lancashire / Re: Occupation Query
« on: Sunday 09 August 15 16:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm sure it would be to do with the textile industry rather than anything else but I guess I'll never know exactly what it was.

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Lancashire / Re: Occupation Query
« on: Thursday 06 August 15 10:09 BST (UK)  »
Thank you stanmapstone and youngtug

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Lancashire / Re: Occupation Query
« on: Thursday 06 August 15 09:16 BST (UK)  »
He was still at school in the 1901 census (and his father was a tailor, so no help there) and was in America looking for work in 1911. As far as I remember roller turner was the occupation on his marriage certificate and the BC I've got for my mother is only the shortform .
He died when my mother was 13 so she never really knew what he did, and he was unemployed a lot (this was in the '30s) but she described him as 'a sort of blue collar engineer-type'.

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Lancashire / Occupation Query
« on: Wednesday 05 August 15 21:40 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me what a Roller Turner did please? This was my gfather's occupation on the 1901 census in Bolton and there was the word 'fitter' after it but I think the enumerator (or whoever categorised the occupations) wrote that on afterwards.
Many thanks.

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World War One / Re: Unknown Soldier
« on: Wednesday 01 September 10 20:41 BST (UK)  »
OK, I'll investigate that one as well - thank you

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World War One / Re: Unknown Soldier
« on: Tuesday 31 August 10 16:40 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your help. I'll see if I can put a name to him now.

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World War One / Re: Unknown Soldier
« on: Tuesday 31 August 10 16:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the response. Here's the cap badge, I hope it helps.

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World War One / Unknown Soldier
« on: Tuesday 31 August 10 15:39 BST (UK)  »
 I hope someone can help with this photo. I've no idea who this young man is, or what date the photo is, although for some reason I think he's dressed to go off to WW1. I found his photo in a 'scrapbook' that was given to my Aunt-in-Law by her mother, on the Aunt's second birthday in 1918. The photo was next to a photo of the Aunt's mother, but I don't think he is the Aunt's father if I compare him to the few photos we have of him.

If anyone can date the photo and tell me which regiment he belonged to I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks in advance.
MWFH

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Lincolnshire Lookup Requests / Re: BMD lookup - William Charles HUNT
« on: Thursday 08 January 09 21:19 GMT (UK)  »
Very true - it may just be an assumption on the part of the transcriber I suppose.

MW

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