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Help needed deciphering occupation on census
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Rosalind | Report | 7 Sep 2004 21:48 |
Hi Yvonne, Thanks for that - simple when you think about it - thought it might be something like fish scaler - silly me :-) |
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Yvonne | Report | 7 Sep 2004 21:20 |
Hi , FS stands for female servant Yvonne |
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Rosalind | Report | 7 Sep 2004 21:04 |
Hi, I have the 1841 census for yorkshire and am researching Flamborough - the men are listed as 'Fisherman' and the women have the letters FS in the occupation column - can anybody tell me what this means. Ros |