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Offline SamiW

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Hard to read occupation
« on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:23 BST (UK) »
I'm hoping that someone will be able to read the occupation on the attached fragment.
it looks like Shop something pub -what does anyone else think?
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Sami
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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:27 BST (UK) »
Hi, Sami,

I thought it might be "shop" something, then I saw what might be a "w" after the "p" - could it be a hastily written "shipwright"?

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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:28 BST (UK) »
It looks like "shipwright" to me.  I have a relative who was recorded as a shipwright in Birkenhead, previously he had been a joiner.
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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:29 BST (UK) »
shipwright is what I thought - but I nipped to the loo, and when I get back to post my thought I see others have thought the same!
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:32 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Thats what I thought, and held off posting in case I was wrong  :)


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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 10:33 BST (UK) »
mjb
Beard Voyce, Scrivens in Worcestershire

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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 13:20 BST (UK) »
Hi, looks like shipwright to me.Have one in my family tree.
It's the oldfashioned name for a shipbuilder

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Re: Hard to read occupation
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 14:27 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to you all - at least you all agree!  Now to see if I can find him in the censuses!
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Sami
Wilkie - Aberdeenshire;  Singer - Aberdeenshire; Counsell - India; Pike -  Bucks., Leics.; Cock - Devon (St. Giles in the Wood); Gay - Somerset; Tucker - London; Newman - London

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 16:22 BST (UK) »
You only have to ask if you need any he proves elusive, and all these eagle eyes will get searching! (But we will need his name first ........)
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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