A question for the brains trust. In the 1851 census I came across an entry that has me stumped. 16 Castle Street, Agnes Nicol, head, Married, 26 Captains wife M L, Bute Rothesay The M L was in the occupation or profession section, in upper case and was quite clear. Any suggestions as to what it might signify? Robert Nicol, her husband died 1874 in Pernambuco, Brazil which suggests that it was not a fishing boat that he was captain of but beyond that I have no other information. Thanks, Bill

Hi Bill, Just a suggestion. See if you can find out the names of shipping companies about that time working out of the Clyde. It may mean M......... Line. There was an Anchor Line and several others running from the Clyde to U.S. and South American ports. Don't know all the names myself but Mitchell Library might be able to help. Good luck, Mary

It might just mean "merchant line", not a specific one. /cheers Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hamilton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:10 AM Subject: Re: Abreviation M L > Hi Bill, > > Just a suggestion. See if you can find out the names of shipping companies > about that time working out of the Clyde. > > It may mean M......... Line. There was an Anchor Line and several others > running from the Clyde to U.S. and South American ports. Don't know all > the names myself but Mitchell Library might be able to help. > > Good luck, > > Mary > > > ==== ButeshireGenWeb Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > The Buteshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctbutes/ > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >