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What exactly is a Gentleman
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JosieByCoast | Report | 19 Apr 2006 14:31 |
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Just got a marriage certificate today and this is the second time this has come up. The certificate is 1852 and the fathers occupation is Gentleman. On the 1851 census his occupation is a Wharf Labourer. The other marriage certificate is 1882 again fathers occupation is Gentleman but the 1881 census shows him as a Brewers Clerk. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 19 Apr 2006 14:41 |
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I would say that on this occasion he was just some one that was trying to impress when it came to official documents. what is a gentleman? check this site out, http://www.victorianstation(.)com/gentle.html remove bracket Roy |
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Merry | Report | 19 Apr 2006 14:41 |
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LOL!! A gentleman was supposed to be someone living off a private income. So, someone with a few stocks and shares or with some property he rented out.....that sort of thing. My g-grandfather was a Gentleman on gran's marriage cert, but he was really a librarian! Merry |
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Kate | Report | 19 Apr 2006 14:55 |
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They often called themselves a gentleman when they had retired, if they had enough of an income to live on. So it could mean something like pensioner - not very specific. Kate. |
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JosieByCoast | Report | 19 Apr 2006 15:01 |
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Many thanks. The Brewers Clerk had owned grocers shops and showed up on later census as living off own means. The Wharf Labourer got me though, maybe I'll find out more as time goes by. |
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East Point | Report | 19 Apr 2006 16:00 |
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My Gt Gt grandfather was a Gentleman's servant on the 1891 census, so I suppose a 'Gentleman' was somebody quite wealthy. Stella |
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Alek | Report | 19 Apr 2006 17:00 |
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a gentlemen usually means someone who has a private income and doesn't have to earn his money by working for someone else. saying that, my husband's gt. grandfather was listed as gentry. He was a building contactor but earned enough money to purchase his own country estate. It also related to people who had important connections and sat on hospital committees etc., and helped make the important decisions regarding the area in which they lived. |
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Heather | Report | 19 Apr 2006 17:27 |
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A Gentleman can just be a retired person - I have a licenced victualler entered as 'Gentleman' - basically its someone who isnt working and managing to live off savings or a pension. |
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Maid Marian of | Report | 19 Apr 2006 17:30 |
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A Gentleman was a fine specimen but unfortunately has become almost extinct. :-))) sorry gentlemen |
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