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help to read census entry please

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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 20 Mar 2015 18:57

Hi Everyone.
Please would someone be kind enough to check out the occupation for this person? It says ----maker, just can't make out the 1st bit.
Many thanks.
Jan x

1861 census

Name: Mary Bowen

Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: 1822
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Bowen
Gender: Female
Where born: Huntington, Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: St Martin
Ecclesiastical parish: Hereford
Town: Hereford
County/Island: Herefordshire

Registration district: Hereford
Sub-registration district: Hereford City
ED, institution, or vessel: 12g

Household schedule number: 136
Piece: 1821
Folio: 66
Page Number: 19

Thomas Bowen 37
Mary Bowen 39
John Bowen 8
William Bowen 7
Thomas Bowen 5
Frances E Bowen 3

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:01

lovely handwriting!!!


but not easy to read :-)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:01

is what looks like "fs" before maker ............. possibly a double "ss"



YES!! ............. look at the end of "laundress" 3 or 4 rows below



he's using the old way of writing double s



so xxssmaker


???????dress maker?

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:04

not sure it is dress :-(

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Mar 2015 19:10

I think it's dressmaker, Sylvia, That curious D is like the one in Daur.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:12

ah .................

I was looking and didn't spot the likeness :-)


good to have you agreeing with me :-)

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 20 Mar 2015 19:20

Thank so much Sylvia - I think you might be right. Glad to see it wasn't too easy though!!

And thanks to Margee too.

Much appreciated.

If you want a real challenge you can try finding this couple 1851 or 71!!! Have a care though, I think I asked about this a while back, so don't do anything till I check.

Jan x

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:24

OK ............... I'll give it a try!!

Rambling

Rambling Report 20 Mar 2015 19:58

daughter 1871 just for ref at school

Name: Frances E Bowen
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Gender: Female
Where born: Brenton, Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: St James and St Paul
Town: Bristol
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Clifton
Sub-registration district: Ashley
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 73
Piece: 2548
Folio: 13
Page Number: 18

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 20 Mar 2015 22:20

Thanks RR.
Sylvia, I have tried Advanced Search to see if I can find any previous threads I might have started re. this family, but it goes on forever then gives up!
So I am really in two minds about asking for assistance as I don't want to waste your time.
2 Ancestry trees also have them, but nothing for 1851 or 71. I suspect they might have died young, but the Bowen name is so common in the area it's impossible to be sure.
Thanks again for help.
Jan x