Hi All
My ancestor, at the baptism of his child in 1819, was described as a 'Custom House Officer'. At a later baptism, 1821, he was described as an 'Excise Officer'.
Does this indicate a change of employer, promotion, internal transfer or were the terms used interchangeably?
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20-08-2010, 6:05 PM #1rocalaGuest
Customs or Excise?
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20-08-2010, 7:07 PM #2
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Customs and Excise were in those days separate departments. The combined Board of Customs & Excise was not created until the 20th century. So the different terms, if they were used correctly, do indeed suggest a change of employer. Beware of vicar's mistakes!
See this Research Guide which will give you a taste of the rich staff archives available. You're very lucky - for most other occupations very little documentation has survived.
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21-08-2010, 10:48 PM #3rocalaGuest
Thank you Peter, this is very helpful.
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22-08-2010, 9:55 PM #4shazzababe2361Guest
I have some ancestors in london at that time too and there father was a customs house officer i wondered if they crossed path or worked together..!
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22-08-2010, 11:53 PM #5The TinmanGuest
I was a Customs officer until 3 years ago,and I believe Excise officers were in charge of goods to be exported ,at one time many distilleries in Scotland had their own Excise officer living beside distillery . Paid by the distillery in part, so i suppose it was in their interest to have one available at all times.
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23-08-2010, 3:01 AM #6rocalaGuest
Hi Shazzababe - my ancestor was Henry Fox of St Anne's parish, Limehouse. Presumably he would have worked fairly near. It would be fantastic to find out who his friends and colleagues were.
Tinman - thankyou for this. I am still pretty vague as to the difference between the two jobs, especially at that time. Every little helps.
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