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Shirley - Occupation of father

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Shirley has sent in a Birth Certificate for Alfred Phillips from 1847. She has decoded all of the certificate apart from the Occupation of the father in column 6 Shirley suggests:

"The second word is servant, but the first word is a mystery. It appears to begin with a 'B', which is just like the B in 'Boy'" See the full image sent by clicking on the Large View link in the blue box above..

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Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No.	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden name of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar	Name entered after registration
187	Thirteenth February 1847 1 Warwick Place St. John's Southwark	Alfred	Boy	William Phillips	Elizabeth Phillips formerly Tupper		The Mark of Elizabeth Phillips Mother 1 Warwick Place St John's, Southwark	Seventeenth March 1847	John Benster Registrar