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Got a Loafer in Your Tree?

While researching my great-grandfather Jesse Archer, I found the 1870 Federal Census and got a bit of a giggle at his occupation that was listed as “loafer”.  I mean, I’ve read about several silly occupations on the censuses but I’d

Jill M. April 10, 2016October 6, 2017 Archer family, census, genealogy, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more
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