Paul.... > At the moment I am finding it difficult to read the first name of the > son aged 17 on the 1861 along with his job. His name looks like Laeshaus > but the job has got me beat. Ancestry transcribe the 17 year old as a Laccheus (and I won't disagree.) His occupation is Draper's Assistant, the draper (and grocer) in question being his father, Benjamin. > Also on the 1901 census Ebenezer Moses LACEY is living above a grocers > shop in Wycombe but I haven't had much luck deciphering his job either. Ebenezer is a Printers Linotype Operator. Mike Chaney

Mike Chaney wrote: > Paul.... > > >> At the moment I am finding it difficult to read the first name of the >> son aged 17 on the 1861 along with his job. His name looks like Laeshaus >> but the job has got me beat. >> > > Ancestry transcribe the 17 year old as a Laccheus (and I won't disagree.) > His occupation is Draper's Assistant, the draper (and grocer) in question > being his father, Benjamin. > > >> Also on the 1901 census Ebenezer Moses LACEY is living above a grocers >> shop in Wycombe but I haven't had much luck deciphering his job either. >> > > Ebenezer is a Printers Linotype Operator. > > Mike Chaney > > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > Thanks for that Mike, It helps a lot. I think when Ebenezer and his family moved to South Africa they were involved in the printing industry over there. Regards Paul