Lois: It might also be "Printers Boy." In the old days of hot lead off-set type, they were also called "Printer's Devils," and did all the dirty work of removing old type to be re-melted, cleaning the presses etc. The next step up in the craft would be a Compositor, setting the type into the frames to be placed on the press. Jay Underwood Elmsdale www.Pennydreadfulpublishing.com Make a moral choice: Buy a printed book! Read about it on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennydreadful-Publishing/229917090400650 ---- L Jenkins <ljenkins@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hello Listers > > I need help deciphering the occupation of James WILKINS, age 19, line 14, in the following census record (it looks like Pentice Boy - maybe an apprentice??): > > http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1871/001101-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=886075&interval=50&i=jpg&PHPSESSID=mnctq7d1gn6331pq0s67ledag6 > > Lois Jenkins > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message