Changes to Canonical Occupations May 25th
Added to Canonical Occupations
Brush-Painter (except Construction), 93920: “Applies decorative and protective coatings of paint, enamel and lacquer on wooden, metal and other manufactured articles (except glass and ceramics) with brush and hand rollers.” (Japanner links here)
Dairy Farm Worker, General, 62510: “Performs a variety of tasks in the breeding, raising and milking of dairy cattle”
Other Spinners and Winders, 75290: "This group includes spinners and winders not elsewhere classified, for example those who perform auxiliary operations in spinning and winding".
Changed
Changed, Dairy Worker/Dairyman, 62590 to Other Dairy Farm Workers, 62590 as per HISCO pdf
Deleted from Occupations (Non Canonical)
Deleted Bulster, by Clark, Clark and Driver (?) because no matching records could be found.
Interesting People
George William Holmes' name is spelled several different ways throughout his service file.
Geo Will Holmes
George Wm Holmes
George Wil Holmes
Holmes, George W
George L Holmes
Holmes G.W. (corrected from Holmes W.g.)
LAC
Sent LAC a quick e-mail about an unreadable attestation paper using the contact us form as it was the only form of contact e-mail I could find. Response window is 2 days – 4 months.
Problems and Notes with their own Blog Posts (add to them instead of creating new)
- Single Entries that apply to multiple people who should link to different categories
- Special Profiles with Information to Be Preserved
- Incorrect Attestation Papers Linked to CGWP Profiles
- Duplicate CGWP Profiles
--> Start at physical, page 2 under illegible.