Thank you, both seem very plausible but I never heard of a "saloon keeper" in the family but then that could be the dark side :o)    Station Keeper could also be good.  Will have to work on the handwriting and try to compare the letters to see if they fit. Thank you, Nancy Support Our Troops God Bless America --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Colleen <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Colleen <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] help deciphering occupation To: mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 1:35 PM Nancy, How about station or saloon keeper? Colleen Nancy P wrote: > in the IRS Tax Assessments Lists of 1862-1918 the name of James Magoonough  tax year is 1866 on Line # 5, Division # 5 and district # 1 (page 217 I think) shows the occupation as some kind of a "keeper"  I cannot make out the first part of it.  looks like: ??at??on    and the second word is keeper.  Anyone able to help me out on this mystery ?? > Thanks > Nancy > > > > > > Support Our Troops > > God Bless America > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >    ***************************** The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. MI-Genealogy Mail List Information http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html ***************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message