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From: "Peter Davis" <>
Subject: SNUSHER publican in Wisbech St Mary 1838
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:23:16 +1000

At last fellow listers I have something concrete to put into the forum. I have just received the birth certificate for Edward Snusher born 14 March 1838. Father was shown as Daniel Snusher & mother as Mary Ann Snusher formerly ?[Flix]. Daniel Snusher's occupation is given in Column 6 as publican....wonderful to find someone in this honourable profession, and not just your regular agricultural labourer! Any clues, any suggestions? Directories? 1841 census? There cannot have been too many public houses & inns in WSM.
The writing on this certificate is the most problematical that I have found, and the certificate has a number of anomalies. In Column 1 [When & where born] the entry is 14th March....no year of birth and certainly no address or even location. By way of counterbalance the entry in Column 4 [Name & surname of father] gives Daniel Snusher Wisbech Saint Mary. In Column 5 the maiden name of the mother is hard to read but my best rendering is Flix. The name and address of the informant is hard to read, but it was a Sarah Ann ?????, neighbour of Daniel Snusher.

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