Help reading census form, please! - Genealogists' Forum

ElizabethHerts · #1 15-07-11, 12:04

1861 Census
BUTTERWORTH, Abel Lord
ROCHDALE, Lancashire
RG09 piece 3044 folio 85 page 10

Could someone tell me what they think is written as an afterthought before Abel's occupation?

Merry · #2 15-07-11, 12:08

something servant?

ElizabethHerts · #3 15-07-11, 12:10

Could it be "job servant", Merry?

Merry · #4 15-07-11, 12:22

Could be.

I thought at first it said "In servant" (as in "lived in"), but as his occ was associated with a hotel, but the address wasn't a hotel, that didn't make sense!

Phoenix · #5 15-07-11, 12:29

Could it be Inn Servant? Could the Posting Establishment mean it catered for postchaises?

ElizabethHerts · #6 15-07-11, 12:29

Very strange! The job wasn't good enough to keep him in England as the family emigrated to New Hampshire a couple of years later.

ElizabethHerts · #7 15-07-11, 12:30

Yes, could be "inn servant". Thanks!

Phoenix · #8 15-07-11, 12:31

Wll, he was more likely to come into contact with people who had travelled, working at a hotel. And to make an informed choice when he set off.

Merry · #9 15-07-11, 12:33

Yes, that makes sense, doesn't it!! lol