Hi Charani, If it is any help, he was transcribed as a J. (Journeyman perhaps?) Printer in the 1841 census. Children were Ann 20, Henrietta 15, Adelaide 7. Wife Mary is described as not being born in County. Cheers Dallas -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2010 06:53 AM To: B+D List Subject: [B&D] John BIDDLE 1793-1846/56 John BIDDLE married Mary Ann SINDFIELD on 15 Feb 1814 and had 7, possibly 8, children. His occupation alternates between painter and printer. In 1817 (living in St Paul's, Bristol) he's a painter. In 1819 (still in St Paul's) he's a printer. In 1822 (living St James) he's a printer. In 1828 and 1831 (living in Ss Philip & Joseph) he's a painter again. In 1834 (still in Pip & Jay) he's a printer again. He may have done painting when he didn't have any printing to do or he may have kept changing his occupation or the person who made up the baptismal registers had such lousy writing, one or the other is a mistranscription. Does anyone have John BIDDLE, son of Benedict and Sarah (nee MATTHEWS) in their tree and has a single occupation for John? Alternatively, if someone happens to be in Bristol Record Office sometime, could they double check John's occupation for me please? Failing that, does anyone have a hotline to The Other Side to ask him what he actually did for a living? ;)) -- 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

Dallas Window wrote: > Hi Charani, > > If it is any help, he was transcribed as a J. (Journeyman perhaps?) > Printer in the 1841 census. Yes, it is helpful. Thanks :)) It makes my thought he might be switching between jobs pretty close to the mark given he was a journeyman printer. I don't know any other interpretation for the 'J'. > Children were Ann 20, Henrietta 15, Adelaide 7. Ann was Anna Maria (bapt 1822), Henrietta was Harriet Henrietta (bapt 1828 and Adelaide was Adelaide Vyvyan (bapt 1834). > Wife Mary is described as not being born in County. When she and John married, both were given as being OTP but I knew John wasn't. They'd appear to have both lived there long enough to qualify. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk