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From: "Aunt Lizzie's Trunk" <>
Subject: [APG] Thanks for help on Census occupation question
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:59:25 -0400
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Thank you for the responses about the occupation. It seems "postmaster"
is the answer. Nora

Charles S. Mason, Jr. wrote:
> Nora,
>
> My guess would be Post Master based on his occupation as a grocer.
> During that time many small town post offices were in general stores
> or grocery stores.
>
> Chuck Mason
>
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>> Hello All,
>>
>> I would be happy if you could offer some opinions on the meaning of
>> "P.M." which is entered as the occupation for Joseph Allen, line 16, on
>> this 1880 US Census page at ancestry.com. *http://tinyurl.com/3p4j8e*
>>
>> Note that he has a check in the column for "Maimed, crippled, bedridden
>> or otherwise disabled" which may or may not help explain his
>> occupation. On previous censuses he is a cooper, a grocer and a farm
>> laborer (either very talented or not talented at all).
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Nora Galvin
>> Bridgeport, Conn.
>>
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