Hi again I think your Ann FREEMAN is a Nurse as an occupation No relationships in 1841 but you might suggest that Martha (I would agree with you on that) may be the daughter of Ann and perhaps John the son of Martha Given the surnames I would say Martha was a female servant but worked elsewhere Its difficult to be sure without further evidence As you rightly say she could be more or less anything but they put FS down, but in the main I find most occupations in the census are correct by and large Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/11/2012 22:04, Pat Wade wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > I did mean female servant gee I'm getting old :-) > > Thank you - > > What I had for an entry in the 1841 census was - > At Tower Hamlets, Shoreditch > Ann Freeman aged 55 [House???] Y > ?(Martha) Freeman aged 25 FS Y > John Freeman aged 3 Y > > And I if this is my ANN, I would not expect her to > have the money for a FS but if this was a daughter > (cannot find a Martha as yet), daughter-in-law or > other relative and she worked elsewhere then that > could make sense. > > Or maybe they just put FS and she didn't work for > money. > > Oh well back to the drawing boards. > > Thank you > Pat