Anyone have X Ray vision to read this? :)

[Ruskie]

I was going to add a comment to this earlier but decided against it ....

But ... surely if the occupation was crossed thorugh, it was incorrect, therefore it is not your Emily's occupation, and irrelevant to your research ....  ?

[01debbie]

Hi Everyone,

WOW!!  you've all been busy, thank you!

I've just popped online while at work, so only have a moment or 2, but John was a labourer in a biscuit factory on 1891.

I'll have to check the marriage cert & 1881 tonight.

Thank you all for taking so much time to look.

Debbie

[01debbie]

Hi All,

Ok, on the 1881, if I have the correct John Taylor, he was a general labourer.

In 1887 he married Emily (no occ) & he was a BISCUIT MAKER

Emily in 1881, is possibly listed as Emily VERNELL, a housemaid (domestic)  Emily's correct maiden name was VERONELLI, but this was greatly mispelt over the years & her father changed their branch to TAYLOR.  So on the marriage she's Emily Taylor, marrying another Taylor.

So, does anyone else agree with my train of thought that is was actually John's occ, not Emily's, & that it MAY have read biscuit maker?

Many thanks for all your suggestions, I just couldn't read anything at all.

Why didn't I have more simple names in my family tree?     Guess it wouldn't have been so much fun though

[geniecolgan]

Really hard to see but I go along with Green Grocer.

[PaulaToo]

Um.........housekeeper.....?
Can't make biscuits out.

[Cas (stallc)]

Difficult one....but I would go with greengrocer also

Cas

[Galium]

Still think the first word is 'General'. Am also inclined to think that the occupation is really John's and is 'General Labourer'.  Each word looks too long to me for it to be 'Green Grocer'.

 That long stroke through the second word isn't part of a letter in it - someone has made similar long curving strokes through other occupations on the page.  Eg. through 'Blacksmith' a couple of lines above.

 Added Sorry, I see that Geoff has already pointed out the curving stroke thing.  What I meant to say is that if  the second word is 'Grocer' the 'G' is nothing like the first 'G', and there is no downward stroke as there would be if it was lower case.

[01debbie]

 That long stroke through the second word isn't part of a letter in it - someone has made similar long curving strokes through other occupations on the page.  Eg. through 'Blacksmith' a couple of lines above.

I agree with you Galium...that's about the only part I can see!!!

[PaulaToo]

....still think it's housekeeper