Deciphering Occupation - I give up!

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Italian Occupations... English Equivalents...

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com ... t=22468880

This link is intended for future reference... and does not suggest that suanj's translation is incorrect...

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Good idea Maria to give us this link!! Very helpful!

Really I read some thing as "... aglia.... llario" but I cannot read better of so;
the first word part could be "Taglia.." and the ending ".. llario" so the problem is to understand the middle part word....Regards, suanj
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Hi jcsm400,

Can you confirm that the occupation listed is for a man or woman?
....this might help (a little).

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Hi Michael,

Occupation is a man's (Gabriele Mazzocca). Last name changed in San Vitaliano Italy to Mazzocchi. Maria (mfjp) will be posting a larger image of this birth act for me. I hope that will help.

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Hi all,

Received 2 files from jcsm400...

Here is the rest of the document that we've already seen a part of...

First occupation

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Here is another document where the occupation also needs figuring out... just double click to zoom in....

Second occupation

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jcsm400 wrote:PS. These are birth acts for children of Gabriele Mazzocca, 1st in 1817, 2nd
in 1812. Thought this might be helppful.

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Maria, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, a million times.


Hope someone can figure it out!


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PS. These are birth acts for children of Gabriele Mazzocca, 1st in 1817, 2nd
in 1812. Thought this might be helppful.

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Hi all,

The second occupation is merciajolo (merciaiolo) = generic trader of goods, shopkeeper.

I'm looking for the second.

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Well, I wasn't off to much. Had it translated as "marciosolo."

Thanks so much, Incipit.

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Relinking the "first" occupation...


http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/6351 ... ion2hb.jpg


jcsm, was this the file in question? I got an odd view myself when I checked it out...

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Maria,

That is the one. Image came in fine for me.
Thanks for "rethinking" this occupation. It's been driving me nuts for 6 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I think it may be a trinket merchant,,The word in italian is
chincaglieria?

I have done a lot of work with the old handwriting for my own famiy history and others,

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Hi Jacquline,

Welcome to the forum & thanks for looking & posting your opinion.

I just don't see the beginning as "chin"......seems to be a consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant............. The more I look it, the more I'm seeing the first letter as a "Z."

Anyway, I'm keeping a list of all suggestions, since I'm really stuck on this occupation.

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Keeping this post active. Maybe, someone can figure it (1st occupation) out :!: :!: :!: :!:





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suanj wrote:Tagliasellario? (cutter of leather for saddlebacks???)
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I also think it's Tagliasellario or Tagliasellaio. That is a person who makes and/or repairs saddles, or generally speaking, leather objects.
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