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? He's there in 1861 as an accountant. What I found amusing was a son, Joseph "On trial as farmer"!!! George is dead by 1871. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] 1841 Census George Maggs, b 1806 > Tony Harrison wrote: >> Hi Charani >> In 1851 his son George aged 19 is also shown as a Linen Draper whilst the >> elder George is now an Accountant Bak???? > > This is what I mean about the job changes. > > He's either an Accountant specialising in bankruptcy (bakrupy), or > he's a bankrupt accountant. Either way it's quite a change from a > linen draper. I doubt there's any way of knowing what happened to him > between the two censuses > > I haven't found the family in 1861 but MAGGS is an easy name to > misread and mistranscribe although I have tried looking for Jenefred > but she doesn't show up either. It could mean they are on a page that > happens to be missing. There are more pages and complete pieces > missing from the 1861 than any other census. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton and Greinton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >