Hi can any one come up with an alternative to what seems like it should read "living on Means" except to me it look more like Waerns for mother elizabeth Dempster aged 75 CHRIS GLASS RUISLIP UK image at http://www.geocities.com/jccglass/dempster.gif

Chris, It does say living on means - the other bit is a mark made by the people who compiled statistics from the census. Nuala ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.C.Christopher Glass" <chris@jccglass.fsnet.co.uk> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:09 AM Subject: [OEL] occupation > Hi can any one come up with an alternative to what seems > like it should read > "living on Means" > except to me it look more like Waerns > for mother elizabeth Dempster aged 75 > > CHRIS GLASS RUISLIP UK > > image at > http://www.geocities.com/jccglass/dempster.gif > > > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > >

In message <007101c3fb33$bf6866a0$db9f883e@escom>, "J.C.Christopher Glass" <chris@jccglass.fsnet.co.uk> writes >Hi can any one come up with an alternative to what seems >like it should read >"living on Means" >except to me it look more like Waerns Capital letter are often blessed with curly extensions - and W and M are very simnilar letters, if you strip the curls off. So, yes, living on means, the person had a private income, possibly from shares rather than houses or land -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society