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Liver collier Machinist

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Zoe

Zoe Report 27 Sep 2003 20:23

According to the 1901 my GG Aunt was a liver collier machinist!!! I've got the page and the transcriber did a better job than I could - anyone got any guesses as to what she might have been really doing?? Zoe

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Gen Report 27 Sep 2003 20:47

Could it perhaps have meant Linen Collar Machinist my mind is doing somesaults trying to imagine what else it could mean. Gen

Zoe

Zoe Report 27 Sep 2003 20:58

Gen must be short for gen-ius I was going cross-eyed with that one. Never again will I moan about poor transcriptions Zoe