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AN UNDERGROUND MAUSGER?

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Deanna

Deanna Report 16 Mar 2011 18:20

Does anyone know what an 'Underground Mausger' did?
I think it must have been a Coal pit job, but I cannot find it in the dictionary.
Could I be copying a mis-spelt word?
Deanna X

Rambling

Rambling Report 16 Mar 2011 18:30

Could it be 'underground manager'?

Researching:

Deanna

Deanna Report 25 Mar 2011 21:31

Sorry I am late answering Rose... not on as much as I should be these days.
Thanks for that , but I don't think so. I think it must be something to do with the digging of the coals.
We will come across it one day no doubt.
Thanks anyway.
Good night.
Deanna X

Rambling

Rambling Report 25 Mar 2011 21:33

Night night Deanna :) I did have a google for mining occupations and terms but couldn't come up with any likey answers I'm afraid. Hope you find out,

rose xx

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Helen

Helen Report 26 Mar 2011 20:43

Hi Deanna. Think Rose could be right. Just done a bit of googling on this and there were Underground Managers in the coal pits it would seem. Think this is far more likely than Mausger. Googling Coal Mine Occupations gives a lot of job descriptions of coal mine workers.

Best wishes Helen

DrJan

DrJan Report 28 Mar 2011 23:03

It sounds like an Ancestry mis-transcription - they are notorious for this, as I believe a lot of the transcriptions were made by people unfamiliar with the records.

Researching:
Suffolk: Boyns, Taylor, Marshall. Perthshire: MacDonald, Hay. Kincardineshire: Milne, Ogilvie. Stirlingshire: Campbell Dunbartonshire: Horn, Shearer, Strang. Glasgow: Thomson Ayrshire: Barclay, Peebles.