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Thaties Labourer

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comper

comper Report 21 Jan 2011 13:08

Thank you to all my repliers.

comper

comper Report 21 Jan 2011 13:07

thank you Dermot i half guessed that is the meaning.but as you probably know we sometimes guess wrongly .I was just curious because i could not find any reference to the term.
happy hunting.
paula

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Jan 2011 23:24

Paula,

Is this for John Hogan? If you look at the image it says General Labourer.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000895100/

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

Dermot

Dermot Report 20 Jan 2011 21:35

Paula - that's just a slang expression for potato pickers - a popular backbreaking source of work for thousand of Irish in the 1930s/40s & later.

My grandfather was one such who headed for Lincolnshire each year to help the big farmers there & would return to Ireland on completion of the task.

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 20 Jan 2011 21:34

Could it be thatchers labourer....

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 20 Jan 2011 21:33

Is the writing clear? i.e. is thaties correct or could it be anything else when you look at it. I can't find it in my dictionary of occupations.

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comper

comper Report 20 Jan 2011 21:24

Has anyone ot any idea what a Thaties Labourer is.
A gt gt grandfather of mine in Ireland is listed in the census as one.
Could it be taties as in potato?