On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle or Muni means. and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home Thank You Carol

Today, in America, Muni would be a shortened term for Municipal. Could the job have been Municipal town crier, perhaps meaning that the job was only within the stated municipality (meaning town or village)? Beadle sounds as if it might be a weaving related term. On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:05 PM, "Carol Kennedy" <carolandfranksr@gmail.com> wrote: > On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle > or Muni means. > and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home > > Thank You > Carol > > ------------------------------- > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php A beadle was an officer of the parish, whose job it was to keep the peace. He also served as the town crier. Mary On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:05 PM, "Carol Kennedy" <carolandfranksr@gmail.com> wrote: > On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle > or Muni means. > and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home > > Thank You > Carol > > ------------------------------- > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carol The 1911 census image reads as Sergt at Mace working for the Boro Council. 1881 census - Henry is in Warwick and I would imagine that Muni means Municipal - it's an addition, probably done by the statisticians to categorise his occupation under local government. Best Wishes Ellen ________________________________ From: Carol Kennedy <carolandfranksr@gmail.com> To: WARWICK@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 20:05 Subject: [WAR] Beadle etc - Henry Thomas Adams born about 1855 Kenilworth On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle or Muni means. and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home Thank You Carol

Hi Carol I think you need to carefully examine the census page images and not rely on the transcriptions My interpretation would be In 1891 Warwick Corporation Mace Bearer In 1901 he is a Mace Bearer to Warwick Town Council & Curator of Museum In 1911 he is a Sergt at Mace - Boro' Council I suspect the 1881 entry is Bearer & Town Crier (muni) Muni = Municipal (ie to do with the Town Council) Which is more in keeping with an occupation in 1881 In other words he worked for the Council and was the Official Mace Carrier at civic events (before the Mayor etc) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25/10/2012 20:05, Carol Kennedy wrote: > On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle > or Muni means. > and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home > > Thank You > Carol

A snippet more Kellys Directory 1900 Warwickshire Warwick Officers of the Corporation Sergeant at Mace & Market Toll Collector, Henry Thos ADAMS 43 Jury street Beadle & Town Crier, John OLDHAM, 12 Castle street Yeoman Beadle, Christopher E GREEN, 55 Mill street As you will see the Beadle & Town Crier occupation is clear and lends weight to the 1881 occupation being correct Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25/10/2012 20:05, Carol Kennedy wrote: > On the 1881 Census - Beadle And Town Crier (Muni) = have no clue what Beadle > or Muni means. > and the 1911 Census Sergt-at-home > > Thank You > Carol