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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 168 Send Message	Amy	Report	30 May 2008 10:33
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 168 Send Message	Hi guys, I have an occupation of the bride's father listed as "F.W.H" and wondered if anyone had any idea what this meant? Thanks, Amy
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	30 May 2008 10:35
	Is it FWK? Frame work knitter Framework Knitter (FWK) Operated a hosiery making loom (Abbreviated FWK in census returns)
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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 168 Send Message	Amy	Report	30 May 2008 10:37
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 168 Send Message	Ah yes that would make sense! Looking at it now it could definitely be a K. He was living in Leicester at the time and this would fit in as on the 1851 census as a framework knitter! Thanks a lot!