occupation on cert

[Nightryder]

Can anyone please decipher what this occupation is for Henry Quilter,its from a marriage cert for 1847 .

 

[DaveHam9]

I read that as 'Dead'

 

[davelambert271]

Possibly Decd, either way, same outcome.

dave

 

[Nightryder]

Thats what I thought at first, but doesnt it normally say deceased under the name & still give the occupation, its a dreadfull way to put it given its a marriage cert.

 

[DaveHam9]

I have come across some certificates where it has 'Dead' in the occupation column.

 

[moggie57]

Can anyone please decipher what this occupation is for Henry Quilter,its from a marriage cert for 1847 .

looks like doctor. it does not read dead . maybe death. but not dead..so he could have been an undertaker .have you looked on the census..> of 1841 or 1851.i' ll forward this on to my "wills reader" see what she thinks..

 

[Nightryder]

Moggie57,Ive searched the 1841 & 1851 but no Doctor or undertaker, I looked up old occupations & the closest is Danter but thats a female overseer in a silk winding factory,Ive even looked through all wills I can find but nothing comes up,the more I look at it, the more the long ''squiggle'' after what could be the last d makes me think the word is not dead but I cant figure out what else it could possibly be.
jenn

 

[davelambert271]

The writing is such that there seems to be long squiggles on quite a few letters we can see. Take the r and j for instance. I think it is either dead or my favourite decd for deceased.
Is the date of the marriage 1847, if can you find Henry on the census before and after. What is the name of the bride?

 

[DaveHam9]

Looking at the 'ac' in Jackson I still go with Dead, dave.

If it was 'Dec'd.' I'd expect to see the ''' and the '.'

 

[davelambert271]

OK I'll go with that, having another look at the a in William

dave

 

[DaveHam9]

I'll try and find the copy of the certificate I have also with 'Dead' on it.

 

[ptjw7]

Looking at the marriage Charles Henry Wright and Sarah Quilter, there are on the church records 3 that could be 'Dead' and 3 that could be 'Decd.'

Not sure what the significance of the difference is!

Peter

 

[p.risboy]

Deceased is the polite version of Dead. Either way, it means the same thing.

'Popped his clogs'.......'Extinct'........ask Monty Python, the parrot should know:2fun:

I read it as Dead.