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Strange occupation!

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Vanessa

Vanessa Report 25 Jul 2003 19:05

Discovered today a relative on the 1901 census with the job of "Ethmeter For Remarks". Certainly doesn't feature in Old Occupations. What on earth could this be?!

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Unknown Report 25 Jul 2003 19:16

Vanessa, Bear in mind that what you are reading could have been a wild guess by the transcriber. If you were to look at a photocopy or fiche of the actual returns you may well read it as something very different. Jim