On the 1910 Military census I cannot read the rank, I think it lists the rank, of the person. What is written in the relationship column?? Wirfs, Joseph H birth about 1891 USS South Dakota pg: 3A line 13 It looks like ___swain. Arleen
boatswain? Cher --- On Thu, 2/26/09, arleen gould <puddin444@gmail.com> wrote: > From: arleen gould <puddin444@gmail.com> > Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] What is the word on the census - Military > To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 1:00 PM > On the 1910 Military census I cannot read the rank, I think > it lists the > rank, of the person. What is written in the relationship > column?? > > Wirfs, Joseph H > birth about 1891 > USS South Dakota pg: 3A line 13 > > It looks like ___swain. > > Arleen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
Coxwain. If you look at the lines above his name, that's the spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain The coxswain (pronounced /ˈkɒksən/) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives us a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from cox, a coxboat or other small vessel kept aboard a ship, and swain, which can be rendered as boy, in authority. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coxswain Main Entry: 1cox·swain Listen to the pronunciation of 1coxswain Pronunciation: \ˈkäk-sən, -ˌswān\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English cokswayne, from cok cockboat (a small boat) + swain servant Date: 15th century 1 : a sailor who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew and who usually steers 2 : a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the rowers Mary arleen gould wrote: > On the 1910 Military census I cannot read the rank, I think it lists the > rank, of the person. What is written in the relationship column?? > > Wirfs, Joseph H > birth about 1891 > USS South Dakota pg: 3A line 13 > > It looks like ___swain. > > Arleen > >