Could be "Sempstress" = seamstress, though otherwise the enumerator's spelling looks pretty good! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Poile" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:57 PM Subject: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census > Hi Listers, > > Can somebody please have a look at the Occupation of Mary Bonner (age > 39) on the 1871 census for Arlesey. The reference is: > > Class: RG10; Piece: 1550; Folio: 44; Page: 32 an Mary is a couple up > from the bottom. > > When I tried reading it I got complete rubbish, so am hoping somebody > has better luck reading the writing. > > For information her Maiden name was KINGHAM. > > Cheers > > Kevin (England) > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, In doing many census transcriptions in the UK, I've found the spelling "sempstress" quite often instead of seamstress. Jim Bundy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Foster" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census > Could be "Sempstress" = seamstress, though otherwise the enumerator's > spelling looks pretty good! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Poile" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:57 PM > Subject: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> Can somebody please have a look at the Occupation of Mary Bonner (age >> 39) on the 1871 census for Arlesey. The reference is: >> >> Class: RG10; Piece: 1550; Folio: 44; Page: 32 an Mary is a couple up >> from the bottom. >> >> When I tried reading it I got complete rubbish, so am hoping somebody >> has better luck reading the writing. >> >> For information her Maiden name was KINGHAM. >> >> Cheers >> >> Kevin (England) >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The enumerator was spot on. Sempstress is in my dictionary as an alternative word for seamstress. Keith Cook> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:27:53 +0100> Subject: Re: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census> > Could be "Sempstress" = seamstress, though otherwise the enumerator's > spelling looks pretty good!> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Poile" <[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:57 PM> Subject: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census> > > > Hi Listers,> >> > Can somebody please have a look at the Occupation of Mary Bonner (age> > 39) on the 1871 census for Arlesey. The reference is:> >> > Class: RG10; Piece: 1550; Folio: 44; Page: 32 an Mary is a couple up> > from the bottom.> >> > When I tried reading it I got complete rubbish, so am hoping somebody> > has better luck reading the writing.> >> > For information her Maiden name was KINGHAM.> >> > Cheers> >> > Kevin (England)> >> >> >> > The List Guidelines> >> > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/> >> > The Bedfordshire Surnames List> >> > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] 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/bedford.html> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571440/direct/01/

Now had a look at dictionary - Sempstress is another spelling for seamstress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Foster" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census > Could be "Sempstress" = seamstress, though otherwise the enumerator's > spelling looks pretty good! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Poile" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:57 PM > Subject: [BDF] Occupation of Mary BONNER (nee KINGHAM) on 1871 Census > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> Can somebody please have a look at the Occupation of Mary Bonner (age >> 39) on the 1871 census for Arlesey. The reference is: >> >> Class: RG10; Piece: 1550; Folio: 44; Page: 32 an Mary is a couple up >> from the bottom. >> >> When I tried reading it I got complete rubbish, so am hoping somebody >> has better luck reading the writing. >> >> For information her Maiden name was KINGHAM. >> >> Cheers >> >> Kevin (England) >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >