Jean If you look on http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks1.html SS could mean Stepson Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "j.ankers1" <j.ankers1@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:46 PM Subject: [Pots] Re: [STS] Re: initials > Hi Arlene, Before this goes any further I think I should say that my > original e mail was really two separate queries. The first has been > resolved, i.e. Female servant . > > The second query was about the initials SS after the mans name. It was a > Joseph Sweetenham? SS married as a widower aged 54 in 1893, occupation, > labourer. His (dec) father was Thomas Sweetenham SS, Sinker. I've looked on > the 1881 census, there are only three possibles, none born in Staffs. The > most likely seems to bethe one born in Gosport, and his occupation was > Bargeman. > > Could the SS be related to his occupation? As he is not in my direct line, > I shall have to just wonder, I suppose. Thanks for your time and interest. > Thanks also to others who took their time to respond. Cheers, Jean. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Arlene Hetchler > Date: 02/11/05 15:57:57 > To: j.ankers1 > Subject: Re: [STS] Re: initials > > Jean, > What did he list as his profession in the 1841 census? > Also, did he sign his name or make an 'X' on his > marriage cert.? > Arlene > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== > The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire >