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1901 E Mail Messenger

VicWynne · 2014-04-20 12:44:21

Hi folks, I have an entry in the 1901 census for an "E Mail Messenger". Have you any idea what this would entail? I'm happy that the transcription from the census record is correct - see the last line... http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003717390/ Many thanks in advance, Vic

20-04-2014 1:44pm

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VicWynne

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Hi folks,
I have an entry in the 1901 census for an "E Mail Messenger". Have you any idea what this would entail?
I'm happy that the transcription from the census record is correct - see the last line...

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003717390/

Many thanks in advance,
Vic

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#2 20-04-2014 2:55pm

P. Breathnach

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My guess is that he was a telegram delivery boy. Google on "electric mail" and you find that the telegraph system was sometimes referred to as electric mail.

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#3 20-04-2014 3:15pm

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Or someone who worked for an ISP went back in time on purpose to self-insert on the census.

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#4 20-04-2014 4:20pm

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A great find there, Vic! And we always thought email was a modern invention!!

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