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occupation, pls

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occupation, pls

Postby dmt1955 » 28 Oct 2012, 21:53

http://postimage.org/image/tuxpvd3r5/

death record for Domenico Purcaro

re: Domenico's occupation....it looks to me like 'caffettere'. however, in the occupations list there is 'cassettiere'

any thoughts on which it might it?

thanks,
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Re: occupation, pls

Postby PippoM » 28 Oct 2012, 23:54

He was a "caffettiere", a man who worked in, or owned a "caffè". Nowadays, we would say a bar, so, a barman.
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Re: occupation, pls

Postby dmt1955 » 29 Oct 2012, 01:03

thanks for the translation and for catching my typing errors!

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