Help to decipher occupation
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Carolyn S.
Help to decipher occupation
Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
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Robert Melson
Re: Help to decipher occupation
In article <TpUPg.4020$%y3.3191@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
Carolyn:
Just looked it up on HeritageQuest and can't make heads or tails
out of it. It at first looked like it _might_ be "engraving
portraits", but that doesn't really fit the, ahhh, shape of the
sords. Sorry.
Squinting Ol' Bob
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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to
prove that the other party is unfit to rule---and both commonly succeed,
and are right." ---H. L. Mencken
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Carolyn:
Just looked it up on HeritageQuest and can't make heads or tails
out of it. It at first looked like it _might_ be "engraving
portraits", but that doesn't really fit the, ahhh, shape of the
sords. Sorry.
Squinting Ol' Bob
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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to
prove that the other party is unfit to rule---and both commonly succeed,
and are right." ---H. L. Mencken
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Carolyn S.
Re: Help to decipher occupation
Thanks for the effort Bob. I went back and looked again and I saw where
it 'could' have been engraving portraits, but I have to agree with you
that it doesn't quite fit.
Thanks again,
Carolyn
Robert Melson wrote:
it 'could' have been engraving portraits, but I have to agree with you
that it doesn't quite fit.
Thanks again,
Carolyn
Robert Melson wrote:
In article <TpUPg.4020$%y3.3191@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Carolyn:
Just looked it up on HeritageQuest and can't make heads or tails
out of it. It at first looked like it _might_ be "engraving
portraits", but that doesn't really fit the, ahhh, shape of the
sords. Sorry.
Squinting Ol' Bob
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Carolyn S.
Re: Help to decipher occupation
After looking AGAIN, how about enlarging portraits, Bob. Make sense???
Robert Melson wrote:
Robert Melson wrote:
In article <TpUPg.4020$%y3.3191@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Carolyn:
Just looked it up on HeritageQuest and can't make heads or tails
out of it. It at first looked like it _might_ be "engraving
portraits", but that doesn't really fit the, ahhh, shape of the
sords. Sorry.
Squinting Ol' Bob
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Robert Melson
Re: Help to decipher occupation
In article <XJVPg.4035$%y3.1076@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
Welllllll, _maybe_. Even with the resolution cranked up to the max
allowed on HQ, it's hard to be sure. For lack of a better option, I'd
say go with that interpretation.
SOB
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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to
prove that the other party is unfit to rule---and both commonly succeed,
and are right." ---H. L. Mencken
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> writes:
After looking AGAIN, how about enlarging portraits, Bob. Make sense???
snip
Welllllll, _maybe_. Even with the resolution cranked up to the max
allowed on HQ, it's hard to be sure. For lack of a better option, I'd
say go with that interpretation.
SOB
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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
-----
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to
prove that the other party is unfit to rule---and both commonly succeed,
and are right." ---H. L. Mencken
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Margelyn Carpenter
Re: Help to decipher occupation
"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Using Ancestry search - 1900 US census lists just one Robert Moore - wife
Myrtle - in El Paso, Ward 3, District 23 (p.14 0f 43) and lists his
occupation as Locomotive Engineer.
Marge
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Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Using Ancestry search - 1900 US census lists just one Robert Moore - wife
Myrtle - in El Paso, Ward 3, District 23 (p.14 0f 43) and lists his
occupation as Locomotive Engineer.
Marge
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Alida Spry
Re: Help to decipher occupation
"Margelyn Carpenter" <mpcarpe@comcast.net> wrote in message
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asking about.
The next household on that page is John Norton and he is a locomotive
engineer but Robert Moore is not.
It's very hard to read even magnified on ancestry.com but it looks like it
could be "enlarging portraits" but then "portraits" is spelled "potraits".
Have you checked other census years to see what occupation he had then?
Alida
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"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Using Ancestry search - 1900 US census lists just one Robert Moore - wife
Myrtle - in El Paso, Ward 3, District 23 (p.14 0f 43) and lists his
occupation as Locomotive Engineer.
Marge
No, there's another Robert Moore on ancestry.com, the one that Carolyn is
asking about.
The next household on that page is John Norton and he is a locomotive
engineer but Robert Moore is not.
It's very hard to read even magnified on ancestry.com but it looks like it
could be "enlarging portraits" but then "portraits" is spelled "potraits".
Have you checked other census years to see what occupation he had then?
Alida
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Margelyn Carpenter
Re: Help to decipher occupation
"Alida Spry" <a_spry@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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that knocked all the others out apparently.
I agree that his occupation is "enlarging portraits". A quick Google search
found that to be a valid occupation in the 1900 Census for a Punta Gorda FL
man.
Marge
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"Margelyn Carpenter" <mpcarpe@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
No, there's another Robert Moore on ancestry.com, the one that Carolyn is
asking about.
The next household on that page is John Norton and he is a locomotive
engineer but Robert Moore is not.
It's very hard to read even magnified on ancestry.com but it looks like it
could be "enlarging portraits" but then "portraits" is spelled "potraits".
Have you checked other census years to see what occupation he had then?
Alida
Aha - found the right Robert Moore. I had used "El Paso" as a limiter and
that knocked all the others out apparently.
I agree that his occupation is "enlarging portraits". A quick Google search
found that to be a valid occupation in the 1900 Census for a Punta Gorda FL
man.
Marge
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Carolyn S.
Re: Help to decipher occupation
I think we guessed good on the 'enlarging portraits. In the 1910 it
lists his occupation as portrait artist. Thanks for everyone's help.
Carolyn
Alida Spry wrote:
lists his occupation as portrait artist. Thanks for everyone's help.
Carolyn
Alida Spry wrote:
"Margelyn Carpenter" <mpcarpe@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:TpUPg.4020$%y3.3191@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
Am unable to make out the occupation of Robert Moore in the 1900 Justice
Precinct 1, El Paso, Texas census....ED 24, Page 10A. Would appreciate
anyone with access taking a peek and trying to come up with something.
TIA
Carolyn
Using Ancestry search - 1900 US census lists just one Robert Moore - wife
Myrtle - in El Paso, Ward 3, District 23 (p.14 0f 43) and lists his
occupation as Locomotive Engineer.
Marge
No, there's another Robert Moore on ancestry.com, the one that Carolyn is
asking about.
The next household on that page is John Norton and he is a locomotive
engineer but Robert Moore is not.
It's very hard to read even magnified on ancestry.com but it looks like it
could be "enlarging portraits" but then "portraits" is spelled "potraits".
Have you checked other census years to see what occupation he had then?
Alida