Genealogy Chat

hi just needed to know a couple of occupations for some rellies if poss first one is a james frost b 1824 on the folowing H0197/2008 instit 26 folio 59 page 65 on the census 1851 cant read his occupation and another one on the 1891 census RG12/2184 folio 42 page 16 a William simcock 1846 and the Arthur simcock 1876 cant read the occupations again any help please Sam

1851 both Frost families heads are boat man

oh thanks for that sam

1891 Arthur looks like Baker and William is come thing Grocer

The something is ''collier'' Merry

whats a come thing grocer?????? i thought Arthur was a barker lol

so he had two jobs? was that normal ?

I wasn't convinced that it did say grocer, though that's the only think that fits! Two jobs? Well, I suppose his wife might have been running a shop whilst he was down the pit......but it was entered as his occupation as the shop belonged to him! Merry

just another one for the mystery pile ...never mind will go chase another one now..thanks all sam

Two oddly assorted jobs is entirely possible. One of mine, who was presumably short of money after her husband died leaving her with half a dozen children, was a butcher and summerhouse builder. She eventually gave it up as a bad job and emigrated to Australia.

The enumerator originally wrote 'collier and grocer' for William. At a later stage, someone has added, in different handwriting, 'coal m' (alongside his name) and 'grocer' (alongside his wife's name).

how did you pick up on that??? i think my eyes have had enough had the computer on for the last 5 hours!!!! getting addictive thanks for that info Sam