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deciphering help required please
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CuriousFish | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:07 |
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No matter which way I look at it I cannot decipher the occupation of my ancestor on the 1871 census. His name was Andrew Dwyer it looks like labourer at ..... works, On the 1891 census he was a gas stoker, but the illegibe word on the 1871 looks too long to be Gas. |
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Flick | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:10 |
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Where? |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:13 |
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labourer at Iron works ?? |
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Researching: |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:14 |
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if it is the right Andrew then he was an Iron Labourer in 1881 |
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Researching: |
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Flick | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:15 |
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Address: |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:16 |
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I agree with Flick re the address in 1871 |
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Researching: |
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CuriousFish | Report | 21 Dec 2011 16:56 |
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Thank you so much. I knew one of you clever people would solve the deciphering problem. |
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