Hi,
I'm struggling with deciphering this one
The first seems to be clear, "Pilot" but I can not transcribe the wording after.
This is from an 1891 census, so what's puzzling me, and I am making the assumption Pilot is referring to aircraft Pilot (which maybe I'm making a mistake), but there were no aircraft as such around in that time!
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Thread: Profession Transcribe
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06-07-2021, 8:23 PM #1
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Profession Transcribe
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06-07-2021, 8:34 PM #2
Gloucesreri (possibly short for Gloucestershire) canal. Can’t read the last word.
Water pilot but the sound of things…
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06-07-2021, 8:44 PM #3
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I read it as Barge Pilot Gloucestershire Canal Comp.(company)
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06-07-2021, 9:02 PM #4
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Just googled what a Barge driver is called, and they are indeed Pilots. I never knew that!
Laughing at myself for thinking it was an Aircraft Pilot
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07-07-2021, 4:57 AM #5Nance01Guest
I'd say Pilot ??? Canal ??.
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07-07-2021, 6:49 AM #6
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Isn't it just Gloucester Canal (not ...shire)?
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07-07-2021, 9:36 AM #8
For info on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, together with a list of Pilots, as opposed to "ordinary" barge drivers, see here
https://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/people/
pilotage/canalpilots.htmPeter Nicholl
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07-07-2021, 12:53 PM #9
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