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HUSBANDMAN what does it mean?

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Jan

Jan Report 20 Oct 2011 06:15

Hi Everyone,

Thankd you to all who have commented on my post about Thomas BAMFORD having HUSBANDMAN on his marriage banns.

that has really helped me a lot.

I have found only 2 of his children's baptism's and on those c1822 his trade is Tobacconist.

By the 1841 census he is not with the family, they are living at Aldersey St Liverpool and the surname has been mis-transcribed as BUMFORD.

His wife is there, Ellen, one daughter & 4 sons,
The second eldest (My GGGrandfather James BAMFORD born 1822 had already enlisted in the 11th regiment on the 6th January, 1841 at Liverpool,
I dont know when Thomas BAMFORD (the father) died, nor what happend to Ellen after the 1841 census.

I have been able to trace some of the son's of Thomas & Ellen and they have also been Tobacconists/Spinner, as has their offspring right up to the 1881 census.

so, thank you all for your help, I am extremely grateful.

Jan

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 19 Oct 2011 12:49

Have you found this family on all relevant census returns?

I would suggest that you look into the wifes family.

It may be that he was working with animals up to his marriage, married a girl whose family ran a shop and changed career?

I have a family member who in 1890 is living in a byre on a farm but by 1901 is living over the shop with his wife, which had belonged to his in-laws.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 19 Oct 2011 12:47

Not a particularly archaic term. The word Husbandry still gets used today.

Andrew

Andrew Report 19 Oct 2011 09:18

No. He sold it. Possibly a shop.

Andy

Jan

Jan Report 19 Oct 2011 07:56

Thanks for that Andy.
I know that when the children came along Thomas's trade was down as Tobacconist.
Might he have grown Tobacco?

Jan

Andrew

Andrew Report 19 Oct 2011 07:54

I think in general it referred to someone who looked after animals on a farm


Andy

Jan

Jan Report 19 Oct 2011 07:30

Hi,
I have the marriage banns for Thomas BAMFORD & Ellen CHARNLEY 15th February, 1808 in Liverpool, Lancashire and next to Thomas's name is HUSBANDMAN. Can anyone tell me what this means please?

Thank you,
Jan