Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor followup. CoTyroneList Digest, Vol 664, Issue 1

Griffiths Valuation lists John Watson with 3 plots in the townland, totaling 50 acres, which he was renting from John Shaw. So he was a farmer with a decent amount of land, but which he didn’t own. He, or his son, evidently saw that as being a landed proprietor. Sounds grander than farmer.

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor question. Cty. Tyrone 1885

What was the surname? ⁣Get BlueMail for Android ​ On 20 Jun 2020, 07:09, at 07:09, MPGish via CoTyroneList wrote: >Hello.In reviewing a marriage cert. of 1885 the Father of the Groom is >described as 'Landed Proprietor.'My google search hasn't given me any >real info.What does the term mean?

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Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor question. Cty. Tyrone 1885

To me it meant he owned land. As an example, someone who owned a big shooting estate would be a landed proprietor. Occasionally occupations on marriage certificates can be a bit tongue in cheek, and you sometimes see rather grandiose terms. A dustman becomes a refuse disposal operative and so

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor question. Cty. Tyrone 1885

A Landed proprietor would be a landowner. Someone that has enough land to derive income from the proceeds of the land without having to farm. From: CoTyroneList on behalf of MPGish via CoTyroneList Sent: 20 June 2020 06:08 To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com

[CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor question. Cty. Tyrone 1885

Hi I was puzzled and, like you, intrigued by the term, Landed Proprietor. The following is probably unrelated, but nevertheless interesting. https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Landed+proprietor#:~:text=26%20(Nov.,use%20of%20the%20laboring%20peasants. Kind regards Bill Bill Young +41

[CoTyroneMailingList] Landed Proprietor question. Cty. Tyrone 1885

Hello.In reviewing a marriage cert. of 1885 the Father of the Groom is described as 'Landed Proprietor.'My google search hasn't given me any real info.What does the term mean? The family was from Tamnaskenny, Parish of Kildress.Thank you for any info you can give on this term.Peggy Gish.