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(*Completed with thanks*)Occupation of father
« on: Sunday 10 August 14 23:35 BST (UK) »
William Watts son of William Watts...Can not make out what fathers occupation is.
TEW family of Leire/Leicester and New Zealand
MERRICKS of Stafford/Birmingham
PENTECOST of Surrey and New Zealand
POTENTIER of France, England and Canada
WATKINS of London and New Zealand
WHITAKER of Guiseley Yorkshire and New Zealand
LYALL, of Dundee, Caithness and New Zealand

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Re: Occupation of father
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 August 14 23:40 BST (UK) »
My first impression was obviously a "mason" with one of the funny long 's's but he doesn't do it with any other 's'  ??? Unless it was some strange slip of the pen  :-\

Have you seen it repeated elsewhere in the record?  :-\

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 10 August 14 23:42 BST (UK) »
Exactly the same from me too.
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Re: Occupation of father
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 10 August 14 23:56 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I thought Mason at first as well, but the 'n' at the end doesn't look like the n's at the ends of other words either, (son, born, jan etc.) I wonder therefore whether it could actually be Major as in the army rank?

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« Reply #4 on: Monday 11 August 14 00:05 BST (UK) »
Interesting thought, although unfortunately it doesn't look like an 'r' to me either! lol It does look a bit like the 'n' in Daventry though.

I suppose things might be best cleared up with another child's christening  :-\

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« Reply #5 on: Monday 11 August 14 01:08 BST (UK) »
I thought Major myself.  What about the word afterwards?
TEW family of Leire/Leicester and New Zealand
MERRICKS of Stafford/Birmingham
PENTECOST of Surrey and New Zealand
POTENTIER of France, England and Canada
WATKINS of London and New Zealand
WHITAKER of Guiseley Yorkshire and New Zealand
LYALL, of Dundee, Caithness and New Zealand

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 11 August 14 01:22 BST (UK) »
Here is another child a few years later.  I left a few more lines to give some clue on the hand writting
TEW family of Leire/Leicester and New Zealand
MERRICKS of Stafford/Birmingham
PENTECOST of Surrey and New Zealand
POTENTIER of France, England and Canada
WATKINS of London and New Zealand
WHITAKER of Guiseley Yorkshire and New Zealand
LYALL, of Dundee, Caithness and New Zealand

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 11 August 14 02:08 BST (UK) »
Looks more like Major to me. 

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« Reply #8 on: Monday 11 August 14 02:19 BST (UK) »
Mason. Especially considering how neat and clear the second image shows the occupation.  :)
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