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Foreign Service what?
« on: Saturday 25 December 21 11:01 GMT (UK) »
Merry Christmas Everyone  :) I wonder  if anyone can decipher the entry for "Has been in foreign service"? I can read everything else, but I don't know what it might say which doesn't help. The last word looks like "Paid".
Berley; Currie (Newry); Dagnall; Dean (Cheshire);  Embleton (Newcastle upon Tyne); Harris (Liverpool); Kelly (Cork);Marcleton (St Helens);McKnight (Kilbride);  Moore (Shropshire); Nicholson; Nott (Shropshire); Smith (Whitehaven); Souter (Cheshire); Travis (Ashton upon Mersey);

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Re: Foreign Service what?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 25 December 21 11:04 GMT (UK) »
United States. Priv. (?)
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Re: Foreign Service what?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 25 December 21 11:05 GMT (UK) »
United States,  priv? short for private?
Bulman, DUR
Butterfield DUR & N. YKS,
Earnshaw DUR
Hopps DUR & N. YKS
Howe, Richardson,Thompson all DUR

William Thompson violin maker Bishop Auckland
William Thompson jun. Violin maker Leeds

Richardson in Bermondsey/East Ham, descendants of William Richardson b. 1820 Bishop Auckland

Berger, Fritsch, Ritschel, Pechanz, Funke, Endesfelder & others from Czechia

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Re: Foreign Service what?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 25 December 21 11:09 GMT (UK) »
Aha, I see it now. Thanks chaps, an interesting lead to follow up.
Berley; Currie (Newry); Dagnall; Dean (Cheshire);  Embleton (Newcastle upon Tyne); Harris (Liverpool); Kelly (Cork);Marcleton (St Helens);McKnight (Kilbride);  Moore (Shropshire); Nicholson; Nott (Shropshire); Smith (Whitehaven); Souter (Cheshire); Travis (Ashton upon Mersey);