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Hi Can someone help me make out the occupation of my g-g-granddad George C Searle, born Saffron Waldon Essex, 1808. 1851 HO107/1499 Islington, pg27, folio120 On the census it looks to me like ‘General practitioner licensed to Apoth Com’ 1861 RG9/125, Islington, pg24, folio55 it’s definatley ‘General Practitoner’, but the last bit looks like L Sot? 1871 RG10/252 Islington, pg22, folio13 Looks like General Practitioner L?? Would he have been a doctor or a chemist? I have had his daughters marriage cert for ages, and I can't make out his occupation on that either. It is one word, looks like it begins with an E, and has a J or an F in it, ending in an R. I was hoping the 1851 would clarify it. Thanks Sandra

might be short for company , although i guess that would be Co

No, I don't think it's Co. In the other two census's it looks like it begins with an L. Would a doctor be called a General Practitioner back then? That's if he was a doctor, I do know a chemist was called an apothecarist, which might explain the 1851. I'm at a loss at the moment. Sandra

it looks to me like General practicioner licenced to Apoth com. Which could be an apothicary company who made medicine. just a guess. 1861 looks like General practicioner LSA 1871 looks like General Practicioner SSA

Hi Sandra, how are you?! 1871 is definitely LSA too - there is a Louisa further up the page to compare the 'L' to. At a loss as to what LSA stands for though - maybe it was some sort of Guild or Society?? London Society of Apothecaries??? London Surgeon's Association??? Maybe the BMA would know - might be worth a phone call! Maz. XX ps - if you would like me to look at the cert, then please pm me for my e-mail addy

google revealed LSA Licentiate Society of Apothecaries London Beth :)

oooh well done Beth - can't believe I nearly got it right!! Maz. XX

Hello Maz you were up late last night. My body clock is still in 'old time' So I was in bed by 10ish and up at 6 this morning! I'll email you that cert, thanks for the offer. Beth Thank you, I never thought of doing that! So he was an Apothacary after all. Funny thing is, I work as a counter assistant in Tesco's Pharmacy. It looked like he took in foreign lodgers. My g-granddad was Dutch. He married Georges daughter Emma in 1872. Emma, bless her, died 3 weeks after giving birth to my Granddad. It's so sad isn't it. In no time at all, g-granddad had re-married to a very new widow, who had been left with 3 children and a pub! Now I need to find out why g-granddad moved from the pubs they had in Islington/Clerkenwell in 1881/91, to East Ham in 1901, with no pub, and why my granddad lived & married in Poplar... crystal ball anyone? Sandra

Hi Sandra - have e-mailed you! Some of mine were also moving 'out' around the same time. I think that (at the time) East Ham, Leyton, Leytonstone, Ilford, Walthamstow etc were regarded as 'posh' - certainly not NOW lol!! The houses were probably bigger and newer, there was probably more open space, less poverty etc. I would imagine that your rellie managed to save some money from being a publican and could then afford to 'better' himself and move to a nicer area. What do you reckon??!! The one who STAYED in Poplar, may have stayed there because of his work or because of his wife's family?? Maz. XX

That's absolutley right Maz. He lived with my Nan, in the house she was born in, in Canton St, Poplar. Dad was born there too, I was meant to be born in Poplar Hosp, but due to complications, was born in Walthamstow. Then came back to live in Poplar. We moved to East Ham when I was 2 in 1964. We must have been Posh then! Sandra