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Offline karens925

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Occupation?
« on: Saturday 20 June 09 13:34 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Im hoping that someone could decipher what occupation this is. Its from an 1852 birth certificate.

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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 20 June 09 13:37 BST (UK) »
Looks like Perfumer to me.
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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 20 June 09 13:40 BST (UK) »
thanks, thats what I thought but my mum thought it was something else possibly policeman as we had a lot of policemen in the family
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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 20 June 09 13:45 BST (UK) »
oh and Mum thought it odd that a perfumer lived in Manchester
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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 20 June 09 17:35 BST (UK) »
Definately 'Perfumer'
Warwicks: Whitehead, Allcock, Atkins, Bayley, Beacham, Bilson, Brooks, Cleaver,Farmer,Gilks, Lucas, Kendall, Oliver, Pickard, Shilton, Underhill.
Lincs: Kendall, Clark, Morley,Vincent, Withers, Barlow,Dawson.
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Notts: Bardill, Bugg, Morley, Winfield
Dublin: Brooks, Flood.

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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 20 June 09 19:28 BST (UK) »
The occupation of Perfumer often went hand in hand with Hairdresser.  I have seen "Hairdresser and Perfumer" several times whilst transcribing. 

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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 20 June 09 19:31 BST (UK) »
I agree with Perfumer
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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 21 June 09 06:30 BST (UK) »
"Perfumer", yes.

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Re: Occupation?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 21 June 09 09:42 BST (UK) »
Thank you, it says on the census he was a hairdresser :) so it all makes sense lol

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