Help reading a couple of occupations on a marriage cert

[Margaret in Burton]

I don't know how to put images on here.

can I email the cert to someone please?

It's the groom's occupation ( I know what i think it says)

also the Groom's father's occupation.

[kiterunner]

You can email it to me, Marg.

[Margaret in Burton]

Thanks Kate

[kiterunner]

The groom's is Barkeeper (seagoing).

Groom's father - I'm not sure. Ship's something! Will post it on here so other's can have a try while I think about it.

The first letter of the second word more or less matches the G of Grove.

[Margaret in Burton]

Yes I thought it was barkeeper seagoing. It’s Liverpool so perhaps on one of the big ships.

The other one-

Ships greaser I thought maybe

[kiterunner]

From the other writing on the cert, it looks like "Gre...er" and the letter before "er" does look similar to some of the s's. So I guess it must be Ship's Greaser as that does seem to have been an occupation at the time, although the letter in the middle doesn't look like the other a's. Unless someone else can come up with something?

[Margaret in Burton]

Maybe it is greaser

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiler_(occupation)

[Merry]

Is there anywhere else it might be written?

[Margaret in Burton]

Is there anywhere else it might be written?

I haven’t looked for the father on a census yet but am struggling with the groom. I reckon he’s at sea on all census. Marriage cert only arrived this afternoon so I haven’t had much chance.

[Margaret in Burton]

Here they are in 1901. The Sweeney family. Father Patrick and son Edward

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7814/LANRG13_3461_3463-0464?pid=20690575&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true#?_phcmd=u('https:%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co .uk%2Fsearch%2Fcategories%2F1901uki%2F%3Fname%3Ded ward_sweeney%26birth%3D1895%26birth_x%3D1-0-0_1-0%26father%3Dpatrick_sweeney%26father_x%3D1_1%26na me_x%3D1_1%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3DHF 9DCB%2B%2B5v8SzowDf4Rgig%3D%3D','successSource')&imageId=LANRG13_3461_3463-0464

[Margaret in Burton]

and here in 1911. Doesn't help much with the Ship's Greaser (or not)

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_22430_0597_03?pid=26161519&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UMX3847&_phstart=successSource

[Olde Crone]

Could it be ship's qmaster (quartermaster).

OC

[Margaret in Burton]

Could it be ship's qmaster (quartermaster).

OC

Don’t think so OC as he’s a marine fireman in 1901 and a labourer in the docks in 1911

[Merry]

I have to say, it does look like something-master to me. Of course whatever it says, it doesn't have to be true!!

[Janet]

Line 50, is that your man, Marg? Clearly stamped "greaser" in all caps, first column of the right-hand page.
Liverpool, England, Crew Lists 1861-1919 (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2364/32168_100000_1264-00620/1994885?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return)

[Margaret in Burton]

Line 50, is that your man, Marg? Clearly stamped "greaser" in all caps, first column of the right-hand page.
Liverpool, England, Crew Lists 1861-1919 (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2364/32168_100000_1264-00620/1994885?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return)

Thank you very much Janet.


It could be him, age is a bit out but I'll have a search through those lists

[Margaret in Burton]

Found him on two other ships too

[Janet]

A Google search for maritime occupations brought me to that database on Ancestry, which I had not known existed.

[Margaret in Burton]

A Google search for maritime occupations brought me to that database on Ancestry, which I had not known existed.

Neither did I