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Deciphering occupation please for Evan Jones

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Heather

Heather Report 2 Sep 2008 23:21

I have me glasses now and was going to have another look - lol - but as we all agree it was looking after plantations I think you will find my explanation above is what its all about :)

Google something like coal mine plantations - see if anything useful comes up to add to your notes.

Sue

Sue Report 2 Sep 2008 20:19

Thank you all :-))))

I am useless at these strange occupations.

Sue x

Eileen

Eileen Report 2 Sep 2008 20:16

The first word is superintendant(of plantations. Eileen

LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 2 Sep 2008 20:14

superintend of plantations

should be superintendent I guess, but it is cut short

Heather

Heather Report 2 Sep 2008 20:13

In 1861 he is a farmer.

Actually, as I was looking for him then I was seeing all those miners and so on and something rang a bell. I remember before finding a man who looked after plantations - the mines used so much timber for shoring up and so on that the mining companies planted little woodlands to use for the work. It may well be what this chap was looking after???

Heather

Heather Report 2 Sep 2008 20:08

Well it would help if I had my glasses, but it looks something like Inspector of plantations ?

Have you checked the previous census for his occupation?

Sue

Sue Report 2 Sep 2008 20:04

1871 Wales Census
about Evan Jones
Name: Evan Jones
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Corwen
Ecclesiastical parish: St Asaph
Town: Glyndyfrdwy
County/Island: Merionethshire
Country: Wales
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Corwen
Sub registration district: Corwen
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 85
Household Members: Name Age
Evan Jones 73
William Jones 19



Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 5684; Folio: 114; Page: 15; GSU roll: 892499.

Thank you

Sue