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Offline aggiebagwash

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I wonder if he knew?
« on: Saturday 25 August 18 12:16 BST (UK) »


While researching a priest in Manchester on the 1901 census I came across John G Boulaye a priest at St Chad's Church. Under Occupation or Profession it states, " A so called idolatrous Roman Catholic Priest. Workhouse Chaplain".

Obviously the enumerator didn't like him.  ;D

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 25 August 18 13:03 BST (UK) »
It's awful that people could be slagged off for posterity on official records, BUT on the other hand wouldn't it be wonderful (for us) if enumerators had been obliged to describe everyone's individual character!!

Tongue in cheek comment!

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 25 August 18 13:17 BST (UK) »
The enumerator was a Miss Kate Mason.

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 25 August 18 14:34 BST (UK) »


Obviously Kate wasn't a fan of the priest. What a shame we will never know why.

Mellbell what a wonderful idea but maybe our ancestors wouldn't be as lovely as we imagine.

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 25 August 18 14:36 BST (UK) »
Quote from: aggiebagwash on Saturday 25 August 18 14:34 BST (UK)


Obviously Kate wasn't a fan of the priest. What a shame we will never know why.


Maybe she was a Methodist  :-\
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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 25 August 18 15:26 BST (UK) »
Confused by the responses, "relating to or practising idolatry; idol-worshipping."
Isn't the basis of practices of religion just that??

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 25 August 18 15:32 BST (UK) »
Perhaps so, but you have to be worshipping the RIGHT idols...

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 25 August 18 15:49 BST (UK) »
Maybe she had read ( some rather nasty, others  ignorant, all unnecessary personal opinions and/or aimed to 'punish') comments made by those fellow religious keepers of church records that many wrote in the parish book margins.

I have read some 'gems' some historical/religious attitude of the times, others just plain and simple nasty..... one parish record book in Lincolnshire I was scanning through to see if I could locate someone I was amazed at the number of nasty vindictive opinions written about the parishioners, then on the last page an essay basically he was hiding, locked up in the back of the church with several parishioners armed with 'whatever' baying or his blood...so they knew! ;D

What makes me cross is I can't find it again because I was scanning lots of PRs and can't remember/didn't take a note of which one it was.
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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Re: I wonder if he knew?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 25 August 18 15:52 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Ayashi on Saturday 25 August 18 15:32 BST (UK)
Perhaps so, but you have to be worshipping the RIGHT idols...

Just curious, but what are the "RIGHT idols"??

Malky
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