Help reading Prussian area

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  1. amberdog45

    amberdog45 Senior Member

    Prussia.JPG Writing example.JPG
    Can any of your eagle eyed folks help me decipher the word after Prussia please? I think it begins with B. This was taken from the 1871 census. The entry Message Boy leads me to think it begins with B. Many thanks
     

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  2. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

    "Britishsub" to me: short for "British subject" ? See capital "B" and 'lower case' "s" in "Message boy" and "b" in "Labourer".
     
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  3. amberdog45

    amberdog45 Senior Member

    I think you could be right papermache. Family research, always leads to more questions than answers. Thanks for your input and time.
     
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  4. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    I agree, British Subject.
     
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  5. amberdog45

    amberdog45 Senior Member

    Thanks Tony. Now I'm left wondering why the census enumerator noted that. I thought it was an area of Berlin perhaps. Going to have to see if the Manchester records survive for the Newbridge workhouse 1875 where he died.
     
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  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Only just logged on but agree that it is British sub.

    Regards
    Tom
     
    Smudger Jnr, Apr 27, 2018
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