Remember also that the word might be in Welsh and that a
special schedule in the Welsh language was also produced
(see Volume 1 of the 1851 Census Returns for a copy).
Look at the top left-hand corner of the record in the CEB
for the letter 'W'. The letter 'W' means that the family
completed the Welsh version rather than the English version
schedule.
David
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:31:59 -0000 Adrian James
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
# A quick search on the net returns hundreds of sites associated with
# furniture! It seems to be a germanic word for furniture in modern usage, but
# whether this is a hint as to what it means in the 1851 census in North Wales
# I know not!
#
# Could it be a mistake by the innumerator, who may have misheard the
# occupation?
#
# Adrian James
# ----- Original Message -----
# From: "Joy Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
# To: <[log in to unmask]>
# Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:56 PM
# Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] Occupation in census return
#
#
# > I have been looking at the census returns for Gresford, North Wales for
# > 1851. One man's occupation is recorded as 'mobler'. Can anyone throw any
# > light on what this occupation was? The area was mainly agricultural at
# this
# > time but there was a brickworks and an ironworks.
# >
# > Joy Thomas
# >
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