Occupation - Cant Read....

[amielou86]

Morning,

Can anyone make out what the occupation beginning with A is on this?  The one I've circled?

Thanks

[Mike in Cumbria]

Annuitant.

Someone on an annuity - a bit like a private pension.

[Edward Scott]

I agree with Mike, it is Annuitant who is someone on an annual allowance or someone receiving annual income from an investment.

Edward

[amielou86]

How odd.  Would that be unusual for someone aged 21? ( The person it relates to is a great, great uncle).

[susan hemmings]

Maybe he came into an inheritance.  Have you checked out probate records for family members who died - that is if anyone was wealthy enough (unlike my own)

If you post his name maybe someone could find out more for you

[amielou86]

Rookie error... I spent so much time looking at the word trying to figure out what it said that I missed what it said in the last column, Imbecile from (word missing!).

This would explain why obviously.  I'll try to track him through the census records and see if I can find out any more.

Thanks for all the help!!

Amie

[Edward Scott]

Are you saying that the Annuitant is also flagged as an imbecile?

I understand that annuitant was also sometimes used for institutionalised persons

Edward

[amielou86]

Yes, the full line in the census reads for James as below.  Would it have been a government or church type grant?

His maternal grandfather was a coal merchant.  Would this have been "well off" enough for them to provide a fund to their grandson?

Amie

[avm228]

Likely to be "Imbecile from Birth" I would think.  Someone in the family may well have settled a sum on him to provide an annual income for his upkeep.