In message <003901c4b431$c1d70d30$a48e7ad5@wallingford>, Sue Hedges <sue.hedges1@btopenworld.com> writes >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dave Frampton" <david@watford.karoo.co.uk> > >Dear Dave > >I am rather curious about Agnes BEESON who, in the 1881 Census was a Teacher >of Music, but in 1891 and 1901 she was Registrar of Births and Deaths living >in Bushey HRT. In 1881 Agnes' father Henry was described as Builder and >Registrar. > >I don't know when her father died but I assume she took over as Registrar >from her Father, but how unusual is it for a lady, single or otherwise, to >become a Registrar at that time? unusual, but there were beginning to be a few, and having a father in the trade would have helped a lot. Mrs Pankhurst became a registrar for a while, when she wasn't chaining herself to railings in front of the assembled press. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society