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LindyTumblethump

11-06-10, 10:55

Marriage on Ancestry

31 December 1849
St. George Camberwell
John Fleetwood (Solicitor)with Jane Hannah Essex (Widow)
Gooms father John Fleetwood
I cannot read the occupation of grooms father can anyone possibly have a look please.
xxhugxx

Finbar

11-06-10, 12:15

Hi Lindy,

I think it could be 'Farmer'.

LindyTumblethump

11-06-10, 13:15

Thank you Finbar the more I look at it the more I tend to agree xxhugxx

Finbar

11-06-10, 13:19

It is difficult to read Lindy, but there do seem to be quite a few similarities between the capital 'F' of Fleetwood, and the opening letter of the occupation.