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Occupation in 1861 census??

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Maddie

Maddie Report 12 Feb 2022 11:12

Thomas Walter Ratty

in the 1911 England Census
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Name: Thomas Walter Ratty
Age in 1911: 82
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish: St John-at-Hackney
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Country: England
Street Address: 21 London Fields, West Side, Hackney
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Retired Mathematical Instrument Maker ----------
Registration District Number: 11
Sub-registration District: South West Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 1116
Household Members:
Name Age
Lucy Ann Franklin Mattocks 73
George Joseph Mattocks 42
Thomas Walter Ratty 82

Marcus

Marcus Report 12 Feb 2022 11:09

Thanks, Erika, Shirley & Maddie ! That's the correct family.

Drawing Instrument Maker ! I can see it now! (Every pun intended !!).

Sometimes the writing is so bad....

Thanks again....

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Feb 2022 11:07

FMP version of 1861 - have submitted surname corrections

Haywoods Building, High Street Homerton, Hackney, London & Middlesex, England

Thomas Raths Head Married Male 57 1804 Drawing instrument maker Middlesex, England
Elizabeth Raths Wife Married Female 58 1803 - Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Thomas W Raths Son Unmarried Male 31 1830 Drawing instrument maker Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Sarah A Raths Daughter Unmarried Female 29 1832 Dress maker Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
John W Raths Son Married Male 27 1834 Drawing instrument maker Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Walter Raths Son Unmarried Male 25 1836 ... Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Samuel G Raths Son Unmarried Male 19 1842 Drawing instrument maker Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
William H Raths Son Unmarried Male 13 1848 Scholar Hackney, Middlesex, England

Maddie

Maddie Report 12 Feb 2022 11:06

1861
this one is DRAWING INSTRUMENT MAKER

Name: Thomas W Rutty
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas Rutty
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Rutty
Gender: Male
Where Born: Bethnel Green, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish: Homerton
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 64
Piece: 159
Folio: 94
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Rutty 57
Elizabeth Rutty 58
Thomas W Rutty 31
Sarah A Rutty 29
John W Rutty 27
Walter Rutty 25
Jame G Rutty 19
Welles H Rutty 13

Maddie

Maddie Report 12 Feb 2022 11:04

is this him 1851

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
High Street Homerton, Saint Johns Hackney, Hackney, London & Middlesex, England
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Household members (8 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Rutty Head
Married Male 47 1804 Optician Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
Elizabeth Rutty Wife
Married Female 48 1803 - Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Thomas Rutty Son
- Male 21 1830 Optician Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Sarah Rutty Daughter
Unmarried Female 19 1832 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
John Rutty Son
Unmarried Male 17 1834 - Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Walter Rutty Son
Unmarried Male 15 1836 - Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Samuel Rutty Son
- Male 11 1840 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
William Rutty Son
- Male 4 1847 - Hackney, Middlesex, England

same occupation in 1871

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Feb 2022 10:56

When and where was he born?

EDITED

OK - found him .....................................Thomas W Rutty

Drawing INSTRUMENT maker

There are FOUR men on that record with the same occupation

Marcus

Marcus Report 12 Feb 2022 10:46

I am looking at the 1861 Hackney census for the Rutty family.

Ref RG9/159, Folio 94, Page16 - Thomas Rutty & family. High Street, Hackney.

All I can make out for occupation, is - Drawing ..... Maker??

Can anyone please help with this, as I cannot decipher the writing !!

Thanks, Marcus