Help needed reading 'occupation' please

[polidor]

1851 cencus and George Totterdell is down as --Clerk & Accountant.

1861 census and George is now down as --Woolen Warehouseman

1841 census--  so what do you think the following says please ??  poli 

[lizdb]

Office or Officer ..... for the first word

[Billy Anderson]

Clerk or Kirk for the second word?

[lizdb]

Where is he living? Just tried to look at whole page, but couldnt find it! (3 GT's there but none were this one)

[polidor]

Thanks for the replies, yes the word 'office--officer'--is reasonably clear now that it's pointed out to me so presume he had the same job for 1841 and 1851

lizdb--the address was ---Catherine Street, St.Georges East, Tower Hamlets.

p.s i must get a stronger magnifying glass !!!

[arabrab]

It looks like it might be Officer of Excise

Barbara

[lizdb]

Still havent found the entry - but never mind! I have found a John Tottendall and family in Tower Hamlets (Walborough Str), probably related, same writing I think, and he is an Excise Man. Also on the page is someone who is an "Officer of Customs"

Now your excerpt looks like "Officer of ...?...." but doesnt look like Customs.

But it certainly looks likely he is in that line of business.

[arabrab]

I did find the entry and downloaded it . When I enhanced the image it definitely looked like Officer of Excise with a tick over the top

Excise duty is a tax levied on goods or services rather than on people.

We still have HM customs and Excise today

Barbara

[arabrab]

Sorry . I just noticed they changed  HM Customs and Excise to HM Revenue and Customs in 2005, when it merged with the Inland Revenue.

It still collects Excise Duties on things like tobacco and alcohol though!

Barbara