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Offline Barbara.H

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Re: Census reading help, please
« Reply #9 on: Friday 19 October 07 14:06 BST (UK) »
He's in the 1881 census as 'commercial agent out of employ' 
Aw.. I feel right sorry for him now!   :'(

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Re: Census reading help, please
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 20 October 07 10:22 BST (UK) »
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dunno !  but in 1881 he was a 'Commission Agent out of employ'

RG11/4250; Folio: 30; Page: 15

Mum in law (Wildgoose - excellent name) was a retired Boarding house keeper ....

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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 20 October 07 11:35 BST (UK) »
I was tired!!!  :-*
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Re: Census reading help, please
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 20 October 07 13:34 BST (UK) »
I would say the first letter is an S then looks like  t then ur   not sure of the next letter then ile   and possibly an s on the end ? that makes S*ur*iles   ? ???

the whole record has been written very quickly ( the t crossings are way in front of the letter which indicates speed and carelessness with small detail yet every t seems to be crossed except the second letter in the mystery word so perhaps it isn't St as I first thought. Could the first letter be  another capital letter not S ? where the two parts have become seperated ?
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