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Offline Neale1961

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Dumfries 1760 Marriage
« on: Friday 15 April 22 22:59 BST (UK) »
Help requested for the underlined word, please. Is it an occupation or a place name?
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Dumfries 1760 Marriage
« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 April 22 23:08 BST (UK) »
It looks like 'Tidewaiter"

From the dictionary:
tidewaiter |ˈtīdˌwātər|
noun historical
a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.

Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs

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Re: Dumfries 1760 Marriage
« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 April 22 23:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks Goldie. I could make out the "waiter" bit,  but could not make sense of the first part.
He might have been working on the river.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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