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From: arleen gould <>
Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] What is the word on the census - Military
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:04:09 -0600
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Mary
YES I think it is Coxswain. Thanks for looking also
Arleen

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mary Snow <> wrote:

> Coxwain. If you look at the lines above his name, that's the spelling.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain
> The coxswain (pronounced /ˈkɒksən/) is the person in charge of a boat,
> particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word
> gives us a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from cox, a
> coxboat or other small vessel kept aboard a ship, and swain, which can
> be rendered as boy, in authority.
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coxswain
>
> Main Entry:
> 1cox·swain Listen to the pronunciation of 1coxswain
> Pronunciation:
> \ˈkäk-sən, -ˌswān\
> Function:
> noun
> Etymology:
> Middle English cokswayne, from cok cockboat (a small boat) + swain servant
> Date:
> 15th century
>
> 1 : a sailor who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew and who
> usually steers 2 : a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the
> rowers
>
>
> Mary
>
> arleen gould wrote:
> > On the 1910 Military census I cannot read the rank, I think it lists the
> > rank, of the person. What is written in the relationship column??
> >
> > Wirfs, Joseph H
> > birth about 1891
> > USS South Dakota pg: 3A line 13
> >
> > It looks like ___swain.
> >
> > Arleen
> >
> >
>
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