Help with Occupation in 1891 census, pls

[Mary Anne]

Folks

Need some eagle eyes on this one, please. Trying to puzzle out the occupation of a young woman on the 1891 Canadian census in Smiths Falls, Ontario:

Victoria Tweedy, aged 24 is listed as being a wage earner, and having an occupation whose name I simply cannot decipher - looks like it might begin with the letter "I" or the letter "T" -- here are scans of the whole page (for comparison), along with the blow-up of the word:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27413459@N02/

Thank you all in advance!


Mary Anne

(all census images copyright Library and Archives Canada)

[AnnB]

Looks like Tailoress to me......

Best wishes
Ann

[Coromandel]

Maybe 'Tailoress'? Though if it is the dot on the 'i' has gone rather adrift.

P.S. snap, Ann

[Mary Anne]

Thank you Ann and Coromandel!! As I was entering the info, I went and looked at this young lady's previous info, and in 1881 she reported being a tailoress!

You guys are terrific!


Mary Anne

[AnnB]

Thank you Ann and Coromandel!! As I was entering the info, I went and looked at this young lady's previous info, and in 1881 she reported being a tailoress!

You guys are terrific!


Mary Anne

I'm not terrific - I have just spent too many hours peering at old, often illegible, writing.....

Best wishes
Ann