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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

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:01

lovely handwriting!!!


but not easy to read :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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?

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:04

not sure it is dress :-(

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Mar 2015 19:10

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

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

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 :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2015 19:24

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

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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

Researching:

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

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham