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Cannot decipher 1861 Census
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Jasrajan | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:25 |
Can anyone help me with the occupation of the following person in 1861? |
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George_of_Westbury | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:34 |
Looks like Threshing Machine operative to me |
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Dea | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:35 |
Proprietor??? - Threshing machine |
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MargaretM | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:38 |
I think it's Threshing Machine Proprietor. |
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LondonBelle | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:38 |
I was thinking possibly Thrashing Machine Proprietor |
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Jasrajan | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:41 |
Hi Dea we meet again! Janet |
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Marcus | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:43 |
It says he was a 'Thrashing machine operative' |
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MargaretM | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:43 |
The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was invented (c.1784) for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. For thousands of years, grain was separated by hand with flails, and was very laborious and time consuming. Mechanization of this process took much of the drudgery out of farm labour. |
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Dea | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:44 |
Hi Janet, |
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Jasrajan | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:46 |
Ah, I`ve got it. They certainly were about in 1861. |
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Dea | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:46 |
OOOpps - Margee has corrected me already !!! :-) |
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Jasrajan | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:47 |
Hi Margee - we found the same source. Thank you. |
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Jasrajan | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:48 |
Thanks everyone for the information. Hope you all have a good, if rather chilly, weekend. |
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