Hello everyone, I'm new to this list and was hoping someone could help me with a question. My g g grandfather William Muir married in 1872 in Newcastle Upon Tyne but he was from Scotland, my grandfather always said from Edinburgh. On his marriage certificate he states his father to be William Muir a chemist. On searching the scottish census I have found that chemist isnt that common an occupation and there are no Muir chemists in either the 1861 or 1871 censuses. My question is, has anyone any ideas as to an alternative as to what he may have described his occupation. I have been trying to think of all things eg, could he have been a chemical labourer rather than a chemist or would William have meant his father was a chemist in the way would know it now. Any ideas would be most appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/

what age was your William Muir (jnr)at marriage, what was his occupation and do you have him on any other censuses? "druggist" is another possible search term and chemist could be spelled differently. Judy On 25 Oct 2008, at 20:53, york4546 wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm new to this list and was hoping someone could help me with a > question. > > My g g grandfather William Muir married in 1872 in Newcastle Upon > Tyne but he was from Scotland, my grandfather always said from > Edinburgh. > > On his marriage certificate he states his father to be William Muir > a chemist. On searching the scottish census I have found that > chemist isnt that common an occupation and there are no Muir > chemists in either the 1861 or 1871 censuses. > > My question is, has anyone any ideas as to an alternative as to > what he may have described his occupation. > > I have been trying to think of all things eg, could he have been a > chemical labourer rather than a chemist or would William have meant > his father was a chemist in the way would know it now. > > Any ideas would be most appreciated. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message