Hi Eric You really need to see the entry and indeed the adjacent ones. Emerging consensus seems to be that the occupation was in the sheep/wool/cloth area. Thank you for your interest. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Eric Millward via Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] LA BUTTERWORTH/CURROW Marriage at Bolton I haven't looked at the entry but a wild guess might be "Soil" man meaning night soil man (sanitation). Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4419/10736 - Release Date: 10/01/15 :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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