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From: "John Marrow" <>
Subject: Re: Just out of interest
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 04:21:19 -0500
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Hi David,

Combining your original post with this one, my thought would be that she had a
job waiting for her in New Zealand. Just a guess.

John Marrow
Belleville, Ontario
Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: Just out of interest


> That looks like a good call. But the document was a passenger
> list for an immigrant ship to New Zealand. Most of the other single
> women - many from Yorkshire - were also called "servant" and they
> would similarly have been out of work, between jobs 9so to speak)
> at the time and were simply listed as servants.
>
> David Voss
>
> Kate martinson wrote:
>
> > Dear David
> >
> > It could mean that she wasn't in employment at the time of the document but
> > she had been a servant in the past.
> >
> > Kate Martinson
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: Just out of interest
> >
> >
> > > So, can someone please explain to me what is a "Servant by
> > > Calling" (given as my g-grandmother's occupation) and how is it
> > > different from all the others called simply "servant"
> > >
> > > David Voss
> > > New Zealand


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