----- Original Message -----
From: mike john
Sent: 31 August 2002 15:11
To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [Mon] Re: Monmouthshire Family History. 1901 Handwriting
A quick look it may be Clergyman who has an allotment NO
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Dai Rowland
To: MONFH(a)yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:06 PM
Subject: Monmouthshire Family History. 1901 Handwriting
Now that we have access to online census returns I can see more and more of
these sort of "new" requests coming up.
Can you take a look at the URL below (this is right up your street Mike) and
try and decipher the handwriting. It comes from the occupation column of the
1901 census for a 44 year old man living in a house with his wife and 2
daughters.
http://uk.geocities.com/rowla_d/writing
<<<< his job is Waggoner
driving those four wheel waggons which are heavier than a cart
the over-scribble is the bosses allocation to statistics
ag. agricultural
horse irrelevant to our work
in my granny's 1899 Nuttalls Standard Dictionary
a cart is defined as two wheeled for carrying heavy goods
a wag(g)on or wain as a 4 wheeled vehicle for heavy goods
illustrated with 4 horses and a canvas top
Hugh W
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