Occupation what is it?

[ruthvbailey]

What is a ships sloward ?

thank you

[Mutley]

Probably a Ship's steward

Quite a bit about the occupation on google.

[MarkJ]

Like Mutley, I suspect it is "Ship's Steward". Or maybe "Ship's Stoker"?

Can you give us the location you found that phrase so we can check?

[ruthvbailey]

Hi I found it on a 1911 census for John Henry davies. When I looked into the census which was hand written it does look like it could be steward. Unfortunately I cannot zoom into it to see it more clearly but I think you could be right it has been misinterpreted.

thanks for your help. ruth

[Mutley]

You are welcome.
If you give us the 1911 reference or the birth date for John and where he was in 1911 so we might find him, I am sure the members will take a look for you to help confirm the occupation. Some of the hand writing of our ancestors was not always easy to read.

I don't know much about military history but I have a feeling that stewards were often Merchant Navy men, do you know on which ship John served?

[Peter Goodey]

Please do remember to provide census references. I think you must be referring to
The National Archives; RG 14/31974 schedule 67 (Wales)

It says Ship's Steward...Merchant Service

It's wise to treat the transcription as a finding aid only and to extract your information from the image, ie the original source.

[ruthvbailey]

Thanks very much for your help. I have had a number of replies and believe that item was recorded incorrectly and is in fact a ship steward. Thanks again for your assistance.

[Peter Goodey]

It was wrongly transcribed by Ancestry. FMP correctly show it as "Steward"