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Definition-under butler, sorted, thank you
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Lisa J in California | Report | 14 Aug 2008 05:26 |
Kate: |
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Kate | Report | 13 Aug 2008 22:59 |
I have had a bit of mixed success with googling for my ancestors, Lisa - came up with an intriguing mention in an old newspaper article about my 3xgreat grandad dying after being accidentally poisoned. And I think I found a mention of my 4xgreat grandad on another side (with one of his sons) in a newspaper article about a poacher being shot! (It was one of my gamekeepers, actually - sometimes if I can't find a direct link to possible employers I google the address and sometimes I have found out that the employers were well-off aristocrats.) |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 13 Aug 2008 02:17 |
Kate, living in the states, being Canadian, with Canadian, Irish and English ancestors, makes one rely on google searches. ;) So, I've found bits and pieces of information over the years, just by googling odd assortments of words. Have you tried googling your ancestors (providing they have semi-uncommon names)? |
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Kate | Report | 13 Aug 2008 01:25 |
You're welcome, Lisa. In fact, I've just been doing a bit of digging myself about my gamekeeping lot - it is frustrating because they never seemed to be "live in" servants and I can never find any big houses close by on the census where the employer might have been. (Obviously very wealthy employers with more than one house, I think!) |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:50 |
Kate, thank you! Most of my ancestors were in Canada prior to 1860, so I've only been able to find mostly farmers in England. (Fairly boring when they are all the same occupation.) :) |
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Kate | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:38 |
Just found this as well - makes interesting reading, a lot of my family on one side were gamekeepers and I always wondered what they got paid. |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:38 |
Sorry, I was off cleaning. |
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Lindsey* | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:23 |
How funny, small world my nan was a cook there ! |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:08 |
Thank you both. Kate, thank you for the site; I've been having problems finding something that makes sense. |
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Kate | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:06 |
Try this: |
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Lindsey* | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:06 |
Well no doubt there would be a head butler to train the juniors !{unders} |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 13 Aug 2008 00:00 |
Having trouble finding what the definition of under butler is for someone in 1901. Thank you. |