Hi all, I've just been looking through the posts, and at the Census entry in question. I agree with Ros that the words are "ticket writer". The reason it is there, I suspect, may be that the column calls for details of "Road, Street etc and No. or Name of House. If there was a "Ticket Writer" sign outside the house, it would be quite plausible for the enumerator to write it in that column. Just my thoughts. Regards Heather in Canberra, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ros" <[email protected]> To: "'Wendy Inskeep'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:54 AM Subject: [NFK] Suket Whater - Ticker Writer? 1871 Census Entry - RebeccaGreen, b. 1795, Hockwold > Hello, Wendy - It looks "Ticket Writer" or something like that. It is > written beside the entry for Samuel White, Showcard Writer/Painter. - Ros > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Inskeep [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NFK] Suket Whater - what is this? > > It says formerly housekeeper on the form and gives her birthplace as > Hockwold and her daughters' birthplaces as Methwold so they are from South > West Norfolk. Not quite sure where Upper West street is these days but I > think it was near Pottergate which five minutes walk from Westwick Street. > If you can read the Yard name ( Norwich yards were famous -or infamous-you > can google Plunketts Norwich and maybe find images or details of the yard > they lived in) > > Thank you Rosie for your suggestions. Do you think the writing I am > struggling with might be the name of a yard? I have been googling away and > am no further ahead. Of course I have been side tracked in reading about > life in these yards – something very foreign to me. > One place said that many of the yards in Norwich had unusual names. > Wendy > in New Zealand > > > >
Just to throw in the loop .... What would a "ticket writer"s job have been in those days? Regards Anne Sent from my iPad > On 29 Jul 2014, at 12:11 pm, "Heather Minol via" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've just been looking through the posts, and at the Census entry in > question. I agree with Ros that the words are "ticket writer". The reason it > is there, I suspect, may be that the column calls for details of "Road, > Street etc and No. or Name of House. If there was a "Ticket Writer" sign > outside the house, it would be quite plausible for the enumerator to write > it in that column. Just my thoughts. > > Regards > > Heather > in Canberra, Australia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ros" <[email protected]> > To: "'Wendy Inskeep'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:54 AM > Subject: [NFK] Suket Whater - Ticker Writer? 1871 Census Entry - > RebeccaGreen, b. 1795, Hockwold > > >> Hello, Wendy - It looks "Ticket Writer" or something like that. It is >> written beside the entry for Samuel White, Showcard Writer/Painter. - Ros >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wendy Inskeep [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:29 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NFK] Suket Whater - what is this? >> >> It says formerly housekeeper on the form and gives her birthplace as >> Hockwold and her daughters' birthplaces as Methwold so they are from South >> West Norfolk. Not quite sure where Upper West street is these days but I >> think it was near Pottergate which five minutes walk from Westwick Street. >> If you can read the Yard name ( Norwich yards were famous -or infamous-you >> can google Plunketts Norwich and maybe find images or details of the yard >> they lived in) >> >> Thank you Rosie for your suggestions. Do you think the writing I am >> struggling with might be the name of a yard? I have been googling away and >> am no further ahead. Of course I have been side tracked in reading about >> life in these yards – something very foreign to me. >> One place said that many of the yards in Norwich had unusual names. >> Wendy >> in New Zealand > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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