could the first word be an abbreviation for manufacturing On 12 December 2011 12:08, Kara Oosterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andy - it is certainly not an easy one to read. Looks like three > distinct words to me, the third of which is Lab. > I believe it is something Iron Lab. Your man is on page 18 if you look at > page 12, sixth line down I think you will see the same occupation though > I'm still not sure what the first word is. That same page has four other > Iron Labs but without that preceding word/abbreviation - I think it may > have been added afterwards, possibly by someone else - if it is a y at the > end of that word you will notice the enumerator does not form his letter y > like that at all. > > I will be interested to see other opionions. > > Regards > > Kara > NZ > > ________________________________ > > I wonder if SKS with good imagination could interpret George CLARKE's > occupation on the 1851 census. He's in Selston NTT at HO107/2125 Folio > 82/18 Sched. 73. He's an Ag Lab in 1841, and 1861, but in 1851 it doesn't > look anything like "Ag" or "Farm" or even "Iron". > ________________ > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Sheila