help on deciphering occupation!!!

[familysearcher]

Hi there

the following was on the death certificate of a man i am researching.

any ideas what it says??

[PaulineJ]

Mi..chant? Try to include more of the certificate for comparison purposes.

PAuline

[familysearcher]

full image attached

[kizmiaz]

Looks to me like it would just be "Merchant"

None of the 'i's are dotted so the mark above is just that, a mark and not related to the letter, and the final 'e' in White (in the Color or Race box) or the 'e' in 'Sept' have no distinguishable loop.

Glen

[kerryb]

I agree with Glen

Think it says Merchant.

Kerry

[familysearcher]

thanks for your help - much appreciated.

sue

[linmey]

Yep, merchant was my first thought.

[wheeldon]

I also can only think that it could be merchant.

I have a freind and when he doesn't know how to spell a word correctly, he makes his handwriting really scruffy so that no-one can tell - I think the people at the records offices had the same idea.

[linmey]

I agree with that Wheeldon. Is that 500 posts I see??
    Linda.