Martin Could it possibly be a horse breaker, rather than house breaker? Its often easy to confuse r for u, I too had what looked initially like a house breaker in my family until I realised that he worked with horses. Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Tinbra1@aol.com [mailto:Tinbra1@aol.com] Sent: 26 March 2004 00:40 To: ISLE-OF-WIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IoW] Occupation - House breaker Hi Listers, I wondered if anyone could help me with this occupation. One a birth certificate father was a house breaker. I know that in this age this is a burglar but what was it in 1881. Any help will be appreciated Regards Martin Brace Owner of CHIVINGTON surname board @rootsweb.com other names: BERTRAND--BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON & FRANCE. BRACE--BRISTOL, HEREFORD & LONDON. COLLINS--BETHNAL GREEN. CHANNELL--EWELL, EPSOM, ANYWHERE. CHIVINGTON--EWELL, SURREY, LONDON, STOW, ANYWHERE. FOX--LONDON. MCNAMARA--LONDON, I.O.W. READING--OTFORD SEVENOAKS. SUMMERS--BERMONDSEY, BELLINGHAM, LONDON. STRANGEWAY--LONDON. Owner of RootTracing@uk.msnusers.com ______________________________