Mary YES I think it is Coxswain. Thanks for looking also Arleen On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >