What does this say?

[Sis]

This is the occupation given for an ancestor in the 1861 census, to me it looks like 'Nailer out of place'. Nailer I think would be a person who made iron nails, but does anyone know what they might mean by the 'out of place' part please? Or may be I'm reading Nailer wrong.
Sis

 

[Archie's Mum]

Maybe it means, nailer, works from this place, home!

Just looked it up...a nailer was usually a domestic occupation, working from a workshop attached to the home or close by.

 

[Huncamunca]

A 'place' in the context of work is a job, so 'out of place' is a way of saying unemployed.

 

[Sis]

Maybe it means, nailer, works from this place, home!

Just looked it up...a nailer was usually a domestic occupation, working from a workshop attached to the home or close by.

Thanks. I did look up nailer, but it was the out of place bit I wasn't sure about.

 

[Sis]

A 'place' in the context of work is a job, so 'out of place' is a way of saying unemployed.

Thanks, that makes sense.