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Offline Eilleen

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French handwriting, occupation please.
« on: Thursday 09 March 23 13:54 GMT (UK) »
Hello,

could someone help Me ,

I do not know what this occupation would be translated to English.

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EXTON, from Rutland, Stamford, Boston, Lincoln. LANES, from Coleby,to Bracebridge Lincoln.WAKEFIELD,PROUDMAN Cheshire and  Stafford.<br />PINDAR, MOORE, ,CHAMBERS mostly from Lincolnshire.
LAING from Elgin ,Scotland.
 HADDELSEY from Caistor,and Grimsby Lincolnshire.                   
 Parfitt, Le Gros ,Le Sueur, from Jersey.
Martin, from Doncaster  to whelyn garden city, London.
BINT, Worchester, in Australian mint.

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Re: French handwriting, occupation please.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 09 March 23 14:12 GMT (UK) »
I'm struggling with the first two words but the second two look like "des douanes".

So something "of Customs"
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Re: French handwriting, occupation please.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 09 March 23 14:18 GMT (UK) »
ShaunJ

Thank you , I tried all different letters in to a transcriber,

just got "gobble goo"  :)

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EXTON, from Rutland, Stamford, Boston, Lincoln. LANES, from Coleby,to Bracebridge Lincoln.WAKEFIELD,PROUDMAN Cheshire and  Stafford.<br />PINDAR, MOORE, ,CHAMBERS mostly from Lincolnshire.
LAING from Elgin ,Scotland.
 HADDELSEY from Caistor,and Grimsby Lincolnshire.                   
 Parfitt, Le Gros ,Le Sueur, from Jersey.
Martin, from Doncaster  to whelyn garden city, London.
BINT, Worchester, in Australian mint.

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Re: French handwriting, occupation please.
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 09 March 23 15:36 GMT (UK) »
I think the first word is Lieutenant.

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Re: French handwriting, occupation please.
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 09 March 23 15:52 GMT (UK) »
 Lieutenant d’ordre des douanes (Referred to on page 133: 
https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhmc_0996-2727_1928_num_3_14_3965
ESSEX: Cramphorn Raven Sams Sayers Taylor; GLOS: Beacham/Beauchamp; HERTS: Chamberlain Chuck; LEICS: Allot Bentley Godfrey Greasley Hunt Hurst Jarvis Lane Lea Light Woodward; LINCS: Lambert Mitchell Muse ; STAFFS: Hodgkins Jarvis; SURREY: Light; WARKS: Astley/Chesshire Bradbury Hicken/Hickin Hudson; WORCS: Ballinger Beauchamp Laight
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