John Finn... chamber maid :

[Iain...]

Hi All ! 

I’m confused over this 1851 census.   Firstly, a “chamber maid” down for a burly Agricultural Labourer..., and secondly, is the transcription correct ?   I’m darned if I can read the writing correctly !

Any Ideas ?   Thanks..., Iain.

URL to be modified.   Sorry !

[Lostris]

Finger-tapping smilie   

[Iain...]

Finger-tapping smilie   

Lol !   Trying to get my head around it !   Back very soon !   

Here we go..., lol !   had to use an Http.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205/Iain_017/Chambermaid_zpsd299a703.jpg

[Lostris]

just give his Birth Year, and where he is enumerated.

[suzard]

Occ on image (to me) reads as "Carter's Mate"

Suz

[Lostris]

good Lord, did you go through every image?

ah, missed his update 

[Iain...]

Thanks Suz !   Thanks Lostris ! 
 It certainly looks like a stroked “t” despite the bottom turn.   

OK..., I’ll have him down as 2i/c of a horse cart as it was probably a “mobile home,” lol ! (his parents and eventual wife were certainly travellers)   

Thanks..., Iain. 

[veeblevort]

Transcribed by FindMyPast as Carter's Master, however, this is his relationship to
the head of household. His actual occupation is provided as Ag Lab.

vv.

[Iain...]

Thanks VV !   Pleased to see that there’s some discrepancy among the specialists !   Lol !   Gives people like me an excuse ! 

What’s a “FindMyPast”?   Also..., don’t want to be a spoil-sport but if it was “Master,” shouldn’t there be two letters between the M and the T ?   Or perhaps this is a traditional regional term and you know it from old ?   

I looked at http://scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm ..., found Carter plus "skilled and self-employed craftsman or tradesman," but at the age of 17 ?   Especially with the head of the house William Skinner also being a farm labourer ?   Confusing ! (but perhaps he slept in the "barn" and had nothing to do with the family as such ?)

But one thing’s certain..., he’s certainly not a Chamber Maid !