Hi Pam Send me a copy of the scan and I'll take a look. I suspect it is OS but it would be odd to have an OS listed between two petty officers unless whatever it is is just listing the names alphabetically. Cheers Piers On 3 October 2013 08:07, PMR <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Listers > > A cousin and I are stumped by the letters describing the > occupation of a sailor in the family. It was found on Ancestry as a scan of > a hand-written document of about 1860-1862. > > The sailor is F H Daniel, aged 21. His occupation looks to be > either O I or maybe Q I. The entry above his was for the cook and the one > below for the sailmaker - not sure if these are relevant to his place in > the > pecking order. > > I can send a scanned copy of the document to anyone who would > like a look at it. > > Help would be greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks. > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Greetings Piers Many thanks for your reply and interest. Scan is attached. Sorry it is .pdf - that's how it was sent to me and I don't know how to make it anything else! Cheers Pam -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Piers Smith-Cresswell Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2013 11:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] (no subject) Hi Pam Send me a copy of the scan and I'll take a look. I suspect it is OS but it would be odd to have an OS listed between two petty officers unless whatever it is is just listing the names alphabetically. Cheers Piers On 3 October 2013 08:07, PMR <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Listers > > A cousin and I are stumped by the letters describing the > occupation of a sailor in the family. It was found on Ancestry as a > scan of a hand-written document of about 1860-1862. > > The sailor is F H Daniel, aged 21. His occupation looks to > be either O I or maybe Q I. The entry above his was for the cook and > the one below for the sailmaker - not sure if these are relevant to > his place in the pecking order. > > I can send a scanned copy of the document to anyone who > would like a look at it. > > Help would be greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks. > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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

Hi Pam A pdf is fine. These rather flamboyant scripts can be pretty difficult! I'm sure it Is OS - ordinary seaman - the 'S' in "Sailmaker" is similar. Being an OS is consistent with his age too. It is a bit odd how he got himself so high up the list, as it were, but maybe he was just near the front of the queue.... Cheers Piers Sent from my iPad