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Offline KGarrad

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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #9 on: Monday 24 July 23 15:05 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Pennines on Monday 24 July 23 14:46 BST (UK)
There is a book 'My Ancestor was a Lunatic'.

I think I heard once that there were 3 types of Lunatics - but I can't remember what they were!!


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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #10 on: Monday 24 July 23 15:10 BST (UK) »
I have an ancestor too who was admitted to a Lunatic Asylum in 1878 and died there in 1894.  She married in 1846 and had 11 children before being admitted.
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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #11 on: Monday 24 July 23 17:26 BST (UK) »
The funniest  wife's occupation  I saw on , think it was 1911 was "  husband's slave",
I wonder if the poor soul was having  bad time with her husband at the time

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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #12 on: Monday 24 July 23 17:30 BST (UK) »
Quote from: louisa maud on Monday 24 July 23 17:26 BST (UK)
The funniest  wife's occupation  I saw on , think it was 1911 was "  husband's slave",
I wonder if the poor soul was having  bad time with her husband at the time

LM

At least she appears to have had "freedom of speech" in order to make that comment!   ;D
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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #13 on: Monday 24 July 23 17:36 BST (UK) »
My first thought was to wonder if her husband had been a hatter, which is where the saying "Mad as a hatter" came from.  . 


Hatters worked with mercury, as did several old occupations. and it wasn't known how dangerous it was.
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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #14 on: Monday 24 July 23 17:46 BST (UK) »
Quote from: KGarrad on Monday 24 July 23 15:05 BST (UK)


Lunatics
Idiots
Imbeciles

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Thank you KGarrad for solving the 3 categories.

Louisa Maud -- the entry of 'husband's slave' on a census is SO funny - thank you.
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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #15 on: Monday 24 July 23 17:53 BST (UK) »
Wonder who filled it in, wish I could recall it, might have a go just to find out who they were as a family,y  not mine I might add. LM
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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #16 on: Monday 24 July 23 18:03 BST (UK) »
Recently looked at a Will of someone who lived nor far from Lewes and the man mentioned his son was a lunatic but that if he recovered from the lunacy, he could control his inheritance.  Wondering if this was a case of what we now refer to as bipolar, because from the wording it might not have been his first bout of lunacy.
It would be very weird if she was that man’s wife!

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Re: Unusual description of a wife's occupation
« Reply #17 on: Monday 24 July 23 18:44 BST (UK) »
Louisa Maud -- I have found it.

The wife was called Alice Rose, aged 48 living in Essex, with a husband John Rose. Interestingly it looks as though she started to sign it - but then the 'Alice' was crossed out and 'John' inserted.

See what you think.
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