Mariner ?

[Yvonne Donnellon]

 I think this is Mariner (it is in Liverpool)  but what is the word or letters before? Or am I completely wrong?

Thank you.

[Yvonne Donnellon]

Just had a thought, could is be M for merchant mariner?

[Bookbox]

Just had a thought, could is be M for merchant mariner?

Yes.

[Anne Lothian]

Or M = Master, so Master Mariner?
Anne

[Bee]

Or M = Master, so Master Mariner?
Anne

Agreed, master mariner

[Bookbox]

Or M = Master, so Master Mariner?
Anne

Agreed, master mariner

Really? Three Master Mariners aged 25-30 in the same household? What sort of dwelling is it?

[Comberton]

1841 census
566/14/20 book 14

[Bookbox]

Thanks for posting the reference. So this is Bridgwater Street, Liverpool, and there are many seamen. The first person listed in the household is a Tailor. The mariners may have been lodging with him between voyages.

M Mariner is not an official abbreviation for 1841, where capital M is officially a manufacturer, and lower-case m is a maker. But many enumerators didn’t follow instructions, making up their own abbreviations for occupations commonly found in their own districts.

I reckon these men were being recorded as merchant mariners. There was no certification for masters before 1845, but a true master mariner needed many years’ sea experience to be in charge of a vessel.

[Yvonne Donnellon]

Thank you everyone, I love this site, I learn something new everything I use it!