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Can anyone read this Census entry?
Shaw_thomas
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Posted: 4 Jan 2015 7:23PM GMT
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I am attaching a picture. I have been trying to read what it says - it is the profession entry from the 1860 census. The first two entries there are the same and those are the ones I am trying to read.
At first glance I thought it said "Gun Smith". Definitely a "y" on the end of it though. Maybe "smithy"? I don't think the first word is Gun any more though...
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Posted: 4 Jan 2015 7:28PM GMT
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here is the original version.
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Posted: 11 Feb 2015 9:12PM GMT
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Please provide the names/town/county that correspond with these entries.
By comparing these to other letters on the page, we may be able to translate them.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2015 6:08PM GMT
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Census info is:
1850 Census - Greene, Caesar's Creek, Ohio
Name: Shepherd Shaw - he is the fourth one down from the top.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4204441_00209/13659894?...
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Posted: 13 Feb 2015 5:08PM GMT
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I think you were correct in your first thought, the occupation definitely looks like gun smith.
As for the Y at the end of the word it's just a peculiarity of the handwriting, take a look at the same downward strokes at the end of the surnames.
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eGENEee
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Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:11PM GMT
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I do think it is Gun Smithy, as you thought. Smithy is a valid occupation.
Have you found him in other census data or directories? You could see if his occupation matched (although many folks changed their occupations over the years.)
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