Hi Patricia, Thank you for your suggestion, someone else thought it was either bootmaker or bookmaker, thinking about it I can now understand why I thought the second word was Kerse! From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757. Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock; Moist/Moyst; Mem. of Wells Assn. (GOONS Reg.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Ward" <patricia@teepee32.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 02 May 2006 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [SoG] Bortrira/Bovhna Kerse Assist. > I think it reads 'Bootmakers Assistant' > Patricia > > On May 1, 2006, at 11:50, Merryl Gullick (by way of Geoffrey > <lists@sog.org.uk>) wrote: > > > I've been looking on the 'complete' 1891 census at 1837online and > > everytime > > I try to print a census page very little of it appears and my 'Hard > > disk is > > full' comes up, a problem of which I am aware, but consequently tried > > to > > hand copy the entries for which they had already taken units. One I'm > > absolutely stumped on is the trade of a 17 year old who eventually > > became a > > Clerk/Accountant. His brother aged 14 was a Hairdressers apprentice > > and > > this was in Newport, Mons. I've tried Google on just Kerse and Kerse > > Assistant and > > nothing appears, and am absolutely stuck on the first word, almost > > sure it > > starts with 'B' - anyone any ideas? > > > > Another thought, is if someone with access to 1891 on Ancestry would > > be kind > > enough to see what they came up with, the boy is William H.M. ROSS born > > Newport at 35 Duckpool Road, Newport - sorry I forgot to take down the > > reference. > > > > From > > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > > GOONS Mem. No. 1757. Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock; Moist/Moyst; > > Mem. of Wells Assn. (GOONS Reg.) > > > > > > > > > > This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos > > anti-virus technology > > > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: > > 16/09/2005 > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos anti-virus technology -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: 16/09/2005