Could it be "Mineral" relating to the trade in which he was employed (mineral water)? Not easy to see. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> To: "B+D List" <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: [B&D] Francis William YORK 1891 census > Francis W(illiam) YORK is shown in the 1891 census as living with his > parents John H(enry) and Adelaide V(yvyan) at 21 Jacob Street, > Bristol. He's 15 and a labourer at a ginger beer works but another > word has been added before "labourer" which I can't make out. > > Can anyone decipher it please? > > The reference is: RG12 piece 1960 folio 24 page 2 > > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, 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 >

Pat Hase wrote: > Could it be "Mineral" relating to the trade in which he was employed > (mineral water)? You're closer than I was :)) I'd got the "M" and the "Wat" but didn't make the connection. > Not easy to see. No, it isn't. I really wish these enumerators had got their crystal balls out and realised that 120 years on, we'd be wanting to read these books <G> -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk