Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Can anyone decode the handwriting for this single word?
This image shows the occupation given for an individual in rural Norfolk in 1861. Given that I can find nothing listed for any such occupation as Gercus, I assume I'm just unable to read the handwriting. (I'm assuming that the (ap) means apprentice.
Can you help?
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Permalink Reply by Brian Mahoney on
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Circus?
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Hugh, could you show more of the entry/entries around that one, in case there are handwriting elements that might be useful?
Grocer?? with the r and o transposed?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Does this help? I think I can read most of every line apart from the one I want to read!
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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Wouldn't apprentice be a capital A? I'm thinking the second word is Op as in Operator, maybe the Gercus or Garcus or Gerciss or Garciss is machinery. Or does it start with a Cy rather than a G?
All in all I can't make any sense of it.
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The person in question was 15. That's what led me to surmise apprentice. A few weeks back I came across an 1870s assistant under-apprentice gardener - phew talk about a stratified society!
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on
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It is a capital A - if you look at where it says Assistant and Agent further up, the letter is written the same as for this one.
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Anything possible in here Hugh?
"Victorian Occupations - Job Titles in the 19th Century - Full list a to z on one page" http://www.census1891.com/occupations-all.php
Am currently in coviddy isolation so this is rather a fantastic challenge...
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His father’s occupation is in the line above. In 1871 he was a buyer for a linen drapers in London. Does that help?
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Could it be Currier? One who curries (finishes) leather? They would certainly have an established apprentice scheme and a City Guild...
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Is the word General and those in the brackets GP ?
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