Beliieving census ref. and obit. - occupation

[Colin Rowledge]

1st hand knowlege has got me thinking - can we rely rely on what was said in the 19th and 20th century?

My own experiences have led me to think that 'delusions of grandeur' existed long before Moby Dick was a Guppie

Colin

[v.wells]

My basic belief is that the majority of the world's people tell the truth, unless of course, they simply do not know the answer!

As to what was said in previous centuries, one simply has to go on documentation and "gut instinct", to what was fact from fiction!

[Megan Roberts]

I think people in whatever century are the same mixtures of good, bad, quirky, honest, "jack-the-lad" etc. I have one in the 1800s who usually described himself as a farmer, but then occassionally threw in the odd claim of "jockey"; "vetinary surgeon"; "groom" "gentleman".

Personally I think he was the model for the Walter Mitty character.