Could it be 'HIGLER' (I admit I've only ever seen it spelled with two 'g's but .....................) A Higler/Higgler is a small-time dealer. Rag & bone/scrap metal/knife seller, that sort of thing. Bob in Spain. Researching BOXER anywhere. KFHS #10820 EoLFHS #13588 GOONS #4763 Genealogists do it backwards On 15/03/2012 4:52 PM, george pickering wrote: > > > I have traced a colleague's Kent ancestor back to Middlesex in the > > 1851 census, however, I cannot work out occupation given. > > > > The ancestor is James THIRGOOD, born 1826, Enfield, Middlesex. > > > > The census details are: > > > > Piece: 1703 > > Folio: 505 > > Page: 25 > > > > The transcription details states "Hiyler". > > > > On the image, the word , to my eyes, ends with "...yler". > > > > In the consequential censuses James is a farmer of several acres. > > > > Can anyone assist please? > > > > > > George > > Rainham, Kent. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Bob, I've never seen "Higgler" spelt either, He may well have been one before he went on to be a farmer. George Rainham, Kent.

Hi Bob I remember when I first started my family tree I asked dad if we had any athletes in our ancestry. He thought about, then said, not really but we once had a boxer. I thought wow! Then he said...but we had to give him away because he chewed up all the shoes. Kind regards Ann Spiro Kent FHS member#9397

Hi Ann, many thanks for the morning smile. I've often wondered if you are any connection to him/her of the 'graph' fame? ;-) Snap! :-o ;-) Bob in Spain. Researching BOXER anywhere. KFHS #10820 EoLFHS #13588 GOONS #4763 Genealogists do it backwards On 16/03/2012 8:11 AM, SBS Engineers Research wrote: > Hi Bob > I remember when I first started my family tree I asked dad if we had any > athletes in our ancestry. He thought about, then said, not really but we > once had a boxer. I thought wow! Then he said...but we had to give him > away because he chewed up all the shoes. > > Kind regards > Ann Spiro > > Kent FHS member#9397 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >