Hi Rose I see no reason why he couldn't hold that job In the 1845 Post Office Directory he is listed in a category of :- Alphabetical List of Persons Holding Situations Under The Crown In the East India House Bank of England, The Various Law, City, And All Other Public Offices John Young JAMESON Chelsea Hospital Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/08/2014 00:59, Opiekan via wrote: > My ggg grandfather - John Young Jameson (1790 - 1845) is listed in 1841 > census as on part Army pension. From 1821 until his death I have found him > listed in Land Tax Records, Death Certificate, Cemetery Records and Will in > residence at 9 Allsop Terrace Marylebone. His Will lists him as Gentleman. > > I have found in London Post Office Directory under Royal Chelsea Hospital an > entry for John Young Jameson, 'Junior, first class, Clerk. The entry above > that is for the Agent & Paymaster for the Out-Pensioners, it lists Clerks > in order from Chief to Junior second class. I have checked census for 1851 > for other clerks listed with John and could find only one who in 1851 listed > his occupation as Civil Servant Army Records, his age was slightly younger > than John. As I have not found anyone else with the same name I am > wondering if some one of the age of about 50 would be employed as such. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Rose > > > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames only in CAPS. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >