Occupation -"Segars"

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Occupation -"Segars"

Legg inn av cwsachs.dejazzd.com » 20 jan 2005 01:47:58

An extensive search using several engines yielded nothing on "Segars" as
an occupation.

Then it occurred to me . . . I wonder if the enumerator could not spell,
and used "Segars" instead of "Cigars". Perhaps that's the way it
sounded when the answer was given.

Carl

Jim Elbrecht

Re: Occupation -"Segars"

Legg inn av Jim Elbrecht » 20 jan 2005 04:26:44

"cwsachs.dejazzd.com" <cwsachs@dejazzd.com> wrote:

An extensive search using several engines yielded nothing on "Segars" as
an occupation.

http://dictionary.reference.com/
Segar

\Se*gar"\, n. See Cigar.


I don't know if it was a mis-spelling, or the *preferred* spelling in
the late 19th, early 20th century.

Jim

Bruce Remick

Re: Occupation -"Segars"

Legg inn av Bruce Remick » 20 jan 2005 04:37:38

"Jim Elbrecht" <elbrecht@email.com> wrote in message
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"cwsachs.dejazzd.com" <cwsachs@dejazzd.com> wrote:

An extensive search using several engines yielded nothing on "Segars" as
an occupation.

http://dictionary.reference.com/
Segar

\Se*gar"\, n. See Cigar.


I don't know if it was a mis-spelling, or the *preferred* spelling in
the late 19th, early 20th century.

Jim

I've often seen that spelling in early newspapers and even in ads.

Bruce

D. Stussy

Re: Occupation -"Segars"

Legg inn av D. Stussy » 21 jan 2005 00:15:06

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, cwsachs.dejazzd.com wrote:
An extensive search using several engines yielded nothing on "Segars" as an
occupation.

Then it occurred to me . . . I wonder if the enumerator could not spell, and
used "Segars" instead of "Cigars". Perhaps that's the way it sounded when the
answer was given.

I can confirm to you that this is used for Cigar makers or sellers. I have
seen that too, but already knew the occupation of the person in question from a
source separate from his census entry.

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