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The 1881 census for a Henry Clark living in Islington, born 1864 in Bethnal Green - parents are Henry and Eliza Clark.
Could you please decipher the occupations of Henry the father and his daughter Elizabeth
The younger Henry is a warehouseman I believe it says
Many thanks
I think Henry senior's occupation reads Manager Cab Yard.
Still thinking about daughter's occupation!
kiterunner
12-04-10, 09:45
I agree with Sabrina on both counts!
Thankyou for the father's occupation - that is a help to pin down exactly which Henry Clark, so far so good
In 1881 it says he was born London, not Bethnal Green so took me a while to find him.
I agree with manager cab yard and warehouseman.
Eliza's occupation looks like mornal filnce but I can't imagine what its meant to be! I see Ancestry's transcription gives it as "mount gilder". Maybe she worked for a picture framer's???
Thankyou Nell - could be
In the 1871 census she appears to be living with her Aunt Mary Clark in Stepney and at age 13 is working - plain needle work
kiterunner
12-04-10, 10:35
Oh, of course for the 1881 census it isn't ancestry's transcription but the LDS transcription, so quite likely to have been transcribed by someone who knew what they were doing. The first letter of the second word doesn't match the capital G's in George Gray near the bottom of the page, though.
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