The census might say that he had employed 2 staff or a similar expression. Important to pick up on every detail! Marlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Rudram" <carol@rudram.org> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Re : daniel ward cross Hi all, My grandfather was a store keeper latterly before he retired and that was a keeper of the stores for a largish engineering manufacturer in Bedford - Allen's if there are any Bedfordians on the list. Carol Rudram Researching Edwards and Webb in Bedfordshire > In America a storekeeper would be what we in England (says he from > France!) call a shop keeper. I don't recall seeing the expression > storekeeper used in that context in a census in England. Others may prove > me wrong. Equally if he was from New Zealand I don't know what meaning he > applied to the word. > > But it could also mean someone in charge of the stores, a warehouseman, > and he would have been an employee rather than someone in business on his > own account. > > So I don't think that he was necessarily self employed > > What does anyone else think? > > David > > --- En date de : Dim 15.11.09, m.leach@xtra.co.nz <m.leach@xtra.co.nz> a > écrit : > > >> De: m.leach@xtra.co.nz <m.leach@xtra.co.nz> >> Objet: [BDF] daniel ward cross >> À: bedford@rootsweb.com >> Date: Dimanche 15 Novembre 2009, 12h07 >> Thank you all for your responses. >> I did have it on Warickshire because that is where he died >> and lived .I have contacted all I can there even to the >> lawyers who handled his will which I have a copy of.It said >> no family and all to Emma His death cert. he died 1930 shows >> Emma still living at Leamington Spa. >> The Warickshire archives put me on to the lawyers and >> despite many emails they will not answer. I have had someone >> in Eng.contact them but they say they have nothing >> although they are on the will . >> Why I am on the Bedford list as Jenny found them in >> Bedford on the 1911 cencus I have taken your advice and >> looked at directories.Found them in Leamington Spa >> 1925 and 1926 but they show Daniel as David >> They were married 1902 and his address is shown as 41 >> camversham rd reading age 51 and puts himself down as >> a >> bachelor storekeeper even >> at one stage got on to Reading library etc no joy. Emma was >> 31 lived at 78 Canfield gardens Hamstead no occupation >> but I have seen her in the 1901 cencus as a servant. >> So no money there. >> Daniels wife in N Z came from a wealthy family but in >> Daniels fathers will he did not get any money so I do not >> know how he lived financially Thats why I have been trying >> to find him in a buisness >> As for N.Z Family thank you I have all the info needed and >> yes some of the grandchildren are still alive.\ >> Hope I have answered all questions >> Thank You Maureen >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message