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From: "Bob Cunning" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] A couple of questions
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:35:50 +1100
References: <4fb2bb540610300157n131e3cb6pc71d71b5253765d9@mail.gmail.com>


Hello from Melbourne Sandra. The 1891 Census transcriptions List of
Occupations gives two meanings for ''Flesher'':

A butcher

Or a person who worked in a tannery

HTH but I cannot help with the rest of your query

Cheers, Bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Edwards" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:57 PM
Subject: [Ess] A couple of questions


> Steve and Jennifer very kindly looked up my Woodfine family in the 1841
> census. But this just leads to more questions!!
>
> Thomas' occupation is written as "Flesher". Could someone please explain
> what that is?
>
> At the top of the page the word "Borough" is crossed out and the word
> "Hamlet" is written above it. So the census was taken in the Hamlet of
> Moulsham/Monesham????? Very difficult to read. In the Parish of
> Chelmsford. My understanding is that a hamlet is a very small village.
Is
> it possible that this hamlet no longer exists, perhaps eaten up by
suburban
> sprawl, and that is why I cannot seem to find it on my atlas?
>
> Many thanks for any ideas.
>
> Sandra Edwards
> Western Australia

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