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MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 30 Mar 2011 12:31

Sadly,I think:
http://vickipedia.livejournal.com/15078.html
In Scotland, the law differs in several respects from the above. Idiots and lunatics are often called fatuous and furious persons respectively; and there is an intermediate state called imbecility or weakness of mind....

If you enter "fatuous" as occupation on the 1851 census you come up with a number of results.

Maureen

Sandra

Sandra Report 30 Mar 2011 08:00

Maybe she was a clown. lol

Researching:
Letson,Campbell,Ferguson,Hall,Easton,Beevis,Smith & Jones

mgnv

mgnv Report 30 Mar 2011 03:41

I've forgotten the family, but I once came across a family in some Durham mining village, and their listed disability was they were all born in Lancashire.

tempest

tempest Report 29 Mar 2011 20:09

call me nosey but I couldn't resist,

just looked at the original, it does actually say Fatuous Person in the occupation, also she is listed as Fatuous in the "whether blind or deaf and dumb" column

Latin fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic

Researching:
desperately seeking great grandmothers

mgnv

mgnv Report 29 Mar 2011 13:41

A gem

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 29 Mar 2011 13:07

Love it!

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Potty

Potty Report 29 Mar 2011 13:00

Can't find her in 1861 but from 1871 onwards she is in the workhouse.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Mar 2011 12:29

Well, I like her. And I want to think it says just that!

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 29 Mar 2011 12:28

The Head of House obviously didn't think much of his neice. LOL

I wonder what it really said?

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 29 Mar 2011 12:27

Brilliant. Do you think that she may have upset her uncle or the enumerator a touch?

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Mar 2011 12:26

I assumed it was sarcastic ! Or do only the English do that?
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 29 Mar 2011 12:25

I wonder what that is a mistranscription of?

I see she is in Cunningham Combination Poorhouse for the next 30 yrs

Researching:
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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Mar 2011 12:18

On ancestry:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851Scotland&indiv=try&h=2575816

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham