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Offline LuaLua

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1891 census occupation
« on: Monday 10 August 20 20:53 BST (UK) »
Hi, my ancestors occupation in 1891 is slightly unreadable.  I have attached a screenshot.  It looks like it says ‘Sheet ....tent Maker’  I can’t make out the middle word properly.

Any ideas?

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Re: 1891 census occupation
« Reply #1 on: Monday 10 August 20 20:56 BST (UK) »
& ? Shorthand for and.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: 1891 census occupation
« Reply #2 on: Monday 10 August 20 21:07 BST (UK) »
Agree with nanny jan - abbreviation/symbol for and - &
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Re: 1891 census occupation
« Reply #3 on: Monday 10 August 20 21:17 BST (UK) »
It looks like he was a ‘Sheet and Tent Maker’.  Never heard of that occupation before!
A person in the house next door has ‘Tarpaulin Sheet Maker’ as occupation so that sort of ties in, must have been a local company I guess they both worked in.
Thank you
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