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Offline t mo

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ships list query
« on: Sunday 24 October 10 11:13 BST (UK) »
can someone please tell me what F S means when written against occupation on a ships list
probably something obvious once you know it  ;D
trevor
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Re: ships list query
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 October 10 17:04 BST (UK) »
I think it may mean female servant or fish seller
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Re: ships list query
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 October 10 17:08 BST (UK) »
F.S. on census returns certainly refers to Female Servant so I would presume the same use was made for ships lists.

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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland)
Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland)
Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell)
Knowles (Salford, Manchester)
Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester)
Atkinson (Lincolnshire)
Ball (Lincolnshire, Rutland)
Hicks (Lincolnshire)
Wheatley (Lincolnshire)
Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA)
Wilson (Yorkshire)


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Re: ships list query
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 24 October 10 17:36 BST (UK) »
hello to you both
i,m sorry ishould have also put the F S was along side a male name , i wondered if it was F !!  soldier
thanks for replying
trevor
morters-cambs-norfolk   clements london    copas newington
went colchester essex    goodey essex -suffolk

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Re: ships list query
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 October 10 18:02 BST (UK) »
Could be farm servant but anything we say will really be just a guess.
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