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Any sharp eyes out there?
I have found David Foster in the 1841 census, at Richardson's Buildings which must have been near Sparling Street, between Wapping and Park Lane. I cannot make out his occupation. In later years he was a groom, then coachman.
The entry is at HO107, piece 566, fo 18/4, p.1.

Thanks if you can help.
Daggers

I think it begins with Wh and then possibly A.
Looking at Old Occupations and considering later on he worked with hoses, could it be Whacker?

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/w.html

Possibly W-Man, could it be Warehouseman?

Could be,

Next census page, top right, same effort perhaps.

Gotta be somewhere in here I would guess ?
http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/gloss ... Index.html
Not sure what a WherryMan is, nor what he would 'wherry' ?
A riverboat apparently ?
Could it be 'watchman' do you suppose ?

Thanks for your suggestions. On reflection, I am tempted by 'W'MAN' but what this could mean I don't know. I expected something horse-related in view of later occupations as groom and coachman.

There are other difficulties with David Foster. He appears to have been married to Agnes by 1841 and as they came from Scotland it may be hard to trace that. In 1851 he was married, working as groom to a surgeon in Rodney Street, married but with no wife present. With him among the staff was Jane Jackson, housemaid, who by 1861 had married him (at Childwall, All Saints in 1853). What happened to Agnes? I found a death in Freebmd but that was probably a child of the same name whose death was reported in the Mercury in Jan 1846.

On we go...!

Daggers

Daggers. In response to an earlier post, I pointed out the 'name game' we often have to consider when researching. Check this out for Agnes and Scotland in particular. Might be worth bearing in mind going forward?
http://www.rampantscotland.com/forenames/blnames_a.htm

From Scotland's People....
The only marriage in the parish registers of a DF to an Agnes, 1832 to 1841...
28/11/1834 - FOSTER, DAVID and AGNES HILL - (FR756) - ANNAN/DUMFRIES - Scots ref: 812/00 0030 0085

Family Search record mentioned by DS:-

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTLR-9NG


Blue

Stable Man?


Blue

My thoughts about the Warehouseman is that perhaps he was working, maybe on a temporary basis, for the Bakers living in the same house, one - Robert - could also be a Foster? and then when he gained employment that was more suited to him, he moved on.

This could be especially applicable if they had recently moved south from Scotland and just needed money coming into the house quickly.

Given that there are many bakers in the property how about ?
Vanman: drove a delivery vehicle to transport goods such as foodstuffs.
I assume that the 'vans' would have been horsedrawn ?

I accept the 'W' could be 'V', so vanman is a possibility.
I had thought that the Foster pair were a separate household, as there is a mark above the first of the three bakers' names.
I do not think that the Robert is a Foster, but Forton, as the writing is (for once) quite distinct.

Many thanks for all input. This is proving quite a quest, as there are more inconsistencies in later years.

D

It could even be 'coachman' if the enumerator was writing quickly. It's confusing because there's a tendency to read the tick as part of the word.
Barbara

Agree, Barbara. I'm actually seeing Co. man, possibly even 'Coa'. I think it's an abbreviation of Coachman.

Maybe.