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Hi I having trouble reading an occupation - Can anyone take a look please!!

RG 9/328 Southwark St George the Martyr
William Taylor b1806 or 1816

Household Schedule Number: 219
Piece: 328
Folio: 113
Page Number: 38

Looks like Hemp & ? dealer

will look on FMP see what they make of it .

back in a mo ! :-D

what year is it please?

It looks like Hemp and Flax Dresser to me.

EDIT - It's the 1861 census Shirley. Birth year 1816 born Hackney.

Kath. x

William, Mary and Jane appear on Page 37. Looks as though his occupation is Hemp and Flax Dresser.
Allane looks more like Mary

1861 census transcription details for: 64, Hunter Street, St George The Martyr, Southwark

National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG09
Piece: 328
Folio: 113
Page: 38
Reg. District: St George Southwark
Sub District: 1 Kent Road
Parish: St George the Martyr
Enum. District: 8
Ecclesiastical District: St Stephens
City/Municipal Borough: Southwark
Address: 64, Hunter Street, St George The Martyr, Southwark
County: London, Surrey
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
TAYLOR, William Head Married M 45 1816 ... Hackney, Middlesex
TAYLOR, Mary Wife Married F 43 1818 ..., Kent
TAYLOR, Jane Daughter Unmarried F 24 1837 St George, Surrey
TAYLOR, Allane Daughter Unmarried F 17 1844 St Georges, Surrey
TAYLOR, William Son M 15 1846 ...St Georges, Surrey
TAYLOR, John Son M 13 1848 ...St Georges, Surrey
TAYLOR, Sarah Daughter F 10 1851 Scholar St Georges, Surrey
TAYLOR, Thomas Son M 6 1855 Scholar St Georges, Surrey
TAYLOR, Ann Daughter F 3 1858 Scholar St Georges, Surrey

I agree Stuart - the name transcribed as Allane definitely looks like Mary to me.

Kath. x

Whatever it is, it certainly isn't Allane!!

blimey what a palaver getting it to come up but we got there

its Hemp & Flax dresser

Looks like we were all right. This is the family in the 1851 census:-

1851 census transcription details for: 5, Chandlers Place, Camberwell, Lambeth

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 1582
Folio: 487
Page: 12
Reg. District: Camberwell
Sub District: Saint George
Parish: Camberwell
Enum. District: 22
Ecclesiastical District: Saint George
City/Municipal Borough: Lambeth

Address: 5, Chandlers Place, Camberwell, Lambeth
County: Surrey

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born

TAYLOR, William Head Married M 35 1816 Hemp And Flax Dresser
Hackney, Middlesex<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
TAYLOR, Mary Wife Married F 34 1817
Horton Kirby, Kent
TAYLOR, Mary Daughter Unmarried F 7 1844 Scholar
Southwark, Surrey<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
TAYLOR, William Son Unmarried M 5 1846 Scholar
Southwark, Surrey
TAYLOR, John Son Unmarried M 3 1848
Newington, Surrey
TAYLOR, Sarah Daughter Unmarried F 1 1850
Newington, Surrey

Kath. x

Thank you all so much. I have been trying to find Ann Taylor (b abt 1858 in Surrey) daughter of William Taylor - Hawker. Hawker comes from her marriage to Stephen Welling also a Hawker in 1879
I think I was actually hoping to see Horse dealer or something like it.
Ann died in 1884 so info is really hard to find

Thanks again
Chris x

People often changed occupation between census years and especially when they got older even those with a skilled job often took more menial jobs so this William could still be the right one.

Are the witnesses on the marriage certificate any help in finding the right family?

Kath. x

Witnesses to the marriage appear to be.........

William Couch

and George Reuben Bird

Witnesses were William Couch and George Rueben Bird the second also a hawker

George Reuben Bird appears to be in Greenwich in the 1871 and 1881 census. There is also a William Couch in the same parish.

I wonder if Ann is somewhere in the same vicinity although I can't find her at the moment?

Kath. x

I have Ann on the 1881 census with husband Stephen Welling daughter Eliza. at 19 Hales Street Deptford. She is listed as Annie