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From: "norman lee" <>
Subject: Re: [OEL] occupations at the turn of the 18/19 th centuries
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:01:11 +0100
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Thanks again, Polly. Yes, they lived in Bethnal Green which was in Middlesex
at that time. Unfortunately, I think the degree of information in each
parish depended upon the parish clerk who filled in the registers. There was
no more information in this register than I have found in registers in the
north west.

Audrey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Polly Rubery" <>
To: "S Busmar" <>; <>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OEL] occupations at the turn of the 18/19 th centuries


> Hi
>
> Perhaps I should have qualified this by saying in "England and Wales",
> where
> the baptism registers of the Church of England after 1813 give the
> father's
> occupation and the civil registrations after 1st July 1837 give the
> father's
> name on a marriage a child or the death of an unmarried daughter, the
> husband's occupation on the death of his wife or widow, and his own
> occupation on his death (and perhaps further qualified by "they should
> give....").
> Hope that makes things clear now
> Polly
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S Busmar" <>
> To: "Polly Rubery" <>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [OEL] occupations at the turn of the 18/19 th centuries
>
>
> Polly...you aroused my curiosity about finding a man's occupation. I
> have death write ups and marriage write ups on a lot of people...it does
> not give their father's occupation.The census does say "farmer" "miller"
> etc.Sometimes from newspaper articles it gives a workers name from some
> source. Did I understand this wrong? I understand, the records you
> mentioned would possibly have father's name...but his occupation?
>
>
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