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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	4 May 2007 02:12
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	Can anyone make out this occupation please? It is for Joseph Ward on 1871 Census, infact I cannot read this mans occupation from 1851 onwards if anyone wants a challenge lol ------------------ Class: RG10; Piece: 1664; Folio: 49; Page: 16; GSU roll: 829954.------------------ thanks!
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 168 Send Message	SimonSez	Report	4 May 2007 02:51
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 168 Send Message	Hello Eleanor I recon It says :- Farmer of 38 acre employing 2 men & a boy. Simon
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23 482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	4 May 2007 03:33
	1851 a victualler at the 'Wind Mill', Gt. Waltham, Essex. 1861 beer retailer & carter, Broads Green, Gt. Waltham 1871 farmer of 38 acres employing 2 men and a boy, Chalks Farm, Gt. Waltham 1881, publican, Gt. Tey, Essex
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	4 May 2007 12:01
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	wow thanks alot guys, that enumerator needed some lessons in clear writing 0)