Liz wrote: > What was an accountant in those days? Was it a glorified bookkeeper or just > a posh name for a bookkeeper? Did the enumerator misread what he saw or > heard? Or did George give himself a promotion? :)) He may have been given the job of keeping the books at the drapers he worked for. > He's there in 1861 as an accountant. What I found amusing was a son, Joseph > "On trial as farmer"!!! Given that Joseph was 15 at the time, that was going to be a long trial! <G> I've never seen that before as an occupation. > George is dead by 1871. He was in Cardiff in 1871, visiting a LETHREW family in 1871. He died in Bristol in 1873. Jane died at 85 in 1896. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton and Greinton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

> Or did George give himself a promotion? :)) He may have been given > the job of keeping the books at the drapers he worked for. Yes, I wondered whether he was just keeping the books for the draper. >> He's there in 1861 as an accountant. What I found amusing was a son, >> Joseph >> "On trial as farmer"!!! > > Given that Joseph was 15 at the time, that was going to be a long > trial! <G> I've never seen that before as an occupation. No, I've never seen that as an occupation before. > >> George is dead by 1871. > > He was in Cardiff in 1871, visiting a LETHREW family in 1871. He died > in Bristol in 1873. Jane died at 85 in 1896. Presumably Jane had kicked him out as she was Head of House and a widow in 1871. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset