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Help reading occupation please
In 1901, Katie Ellwood was a "ladies' help".
But I cannot make out what she was doing in 1891, aged 15 RG12; Piece: 3212; Folio 141; Page 31; GSU roll: 6098322. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...=&pid=22117157 Can anyone help, please? Also her father, John was a pianoforte-maker and organmaster. Does anyone know whether the family was likely to have been wealthy? Thanks Last edited by Muggins in Sussex; 03-10-09 at 15:00. |
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Electro-plater + Burnisher.
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It looks like ? plater+burnisher
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Just seen Kate's answer and it does look like Electro plater+burnisher
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He was "employed" rather than "employer" and his 15 year old daughter went out to work, so I don't think he would have been exactly wealthy, but it looks as though they had a house of at least 5 rooms to themselves, so they weren't poor either. |
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Thank you, Georgette and Kite
Poor little Katie. One of Katie's sisters was, according to rumour, quite wealthy by the time she was 25.. so I guess it wasn't inherited wealth. Thank you |
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At least she wasn't at the electroplating for too long. It would have shortened her life considerably.
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Yes, UJ...I still feel very sorry for her
Does anyone know what electroplating entailed ? It sounds horrid |
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Take a large vat of acid, dangle the brass candlesticks etc. from one set of electrodes and a lump of silver from the other electrodes. Turn on the current and Bob's your uncle. Complete with fumes given off by the chemical reaction.
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Thanks UJ
But how sad...and I suppose Katie was just one of many children doing this.... |
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