Genealogy Chat

A 1910 Directory contains information collected in 1910; the collation and publication date may have been later but the content most certainly was gathered in 1910.

David,

"Just got an e-mail from a friend who found Florence in a 1910 Lincolnshire directory. She's listed as a "stonekeeper."

Did your friend give a source for this?

I'd love stonekeeper as well,but gee-even the http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
(which seems to be having a problem at the moment)
doesn't list a stonekeeper,etc.

Maureen

I doesn't help David, but my point was that the 1910 directory could have its data taken from any year, and wasn't necessarily compiled or published in 1910.

No matter, ignore now.

I still think it says Housekeeper, but am prepared to be persuaded.

Libby says collated in 1910, so my surmisation is wrong.

Sorry if I have misled.

Margaret

While I agree that at a first glance it says "Stonekeeper" comparison with the rest of George Kendall's writing makes me sure it is Housekeeper.

As I mentioned before all his t's are crossed with long strokes with only two exceptions, the t in daughter and the t in Doncaster, in the former, the start and end of a long stroke are there but it looks like the pen left the paper in the middle of the stroke, in the latter it seems the pen was late meeting the paper.

All four instamces of capital S on the form are completely different to the S of the supposed stonekeeper.

When writing capital H, as in Hugh and Head, he starts with a wavy line at the top left, continues down the first vertical stroke and does a little curl to the left, he then raises the pen and moves to the top of the second vertical stroke, goes down for the stroke and keeps his pen on the paper going up slightly to the left and then goes right for the vertical part of the H.

All that movement is consistent with the first character in Housekeeper except that he hasn't raised the pen sufficiently before starting the second down stroke.

As to whether it is 'e' or 'se', he normally writes his e's quite clearly and it does look uncharacteristically untidy if it is just e.