Question: What was the occupation of Scott Alden's ancestor in Southampton England?

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Scott Alden: Samuel Scott Alden (1907 – December 12, 1977) was an American special assistant to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director J. Edgar Hoover, FBI special agent, director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, lawyer, college professor, and a college athletics head coach.  He was also a direct descendant of John Alden, a pilgrim who came to the United States on the "Mayflower".  Alden studied at the University of Tennessee where he played for coach Robert Neyland on their 1927 football team, but did not graduate from there.  He instead enrolled in and graduated from Peabody College, then chose to pursue a law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Southampton Tunnel: Southampton Civic Centre Tunnel is a railway tunnel beneath the Civic Centre in the centre of the Hampshire city of Southampton, in England.  Opening in August 1847, its construction linked the stations of Southampton Terminus and Southampton West End (later moved and now known as Southampton Central).  The construction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway linked London through Southampton to towns further west, such as Poole and Dorchester.  The through link also accelerated the expansion of Bournemouth.

Emihamn: Emihamn is a database of passenger lists compiled from police records for Swedish emigrants departing from major Swedish ports between the years 1869-1950.  Almost all emigrants were required to register with the port police prior to leaving the country.  The register generally includes the passenger's name, occupation/title, age at the time of emigration, birthplace or place of residence, county, destination, and date of emigration, among other information.  It is useful as a resource for genealogists who know their ancestor's name and date of emigration, but do not know the ancestor's birthplace.

Bassett, Southampton: Bassett is a suburb and electoral ward of the City of Southampton, England.  The suburb lies to the north of the city centre and is largely residential, including the University of Southampton's Glen Eyre Halls of residence complex (including Chamberlain), which houses around 2,100 students.  Bassett gives its name to part of the A33 arterial road which links the city centre to the M3, described by Pevsner & Lloyd as "part of the splendid tree-lined route into Southampton from Winchester, London and the north".  The highest point in the City of Southampton (its "county top") lies on Bassett Avenue at a height of 82 m above sea level.

Princess Anne Hospital: The Princess Anne Hospital is a maternity hospital in Southampton, England, adjacent to Southampton General Hospital and affiliated with Southampton University.  It is operated by the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

John Alden: Capt. John Alden Sr. ( 15981687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower".  Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed at what became Plymouth Colony.  He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels.  He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact.  He married fellow "Mayflower" passenger Priscilla Mullins, whose entire family perished in the first winter.

Southampton town walls: Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England.  Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century.  This new town was defended by banks, ditches and the natural curve of the river and coastline.  The Normans built a castle in Southampton but made no attempts to improve the wider defences of the town until the early 13th century, when Southampton's growing prosperity as a trading centre and conflict with France encouraged the construction of a number of gatehouses and stone walls to the north and east sides of the settlement.

History of the Port of Southampton: The Port of Southampton is a major passenger and cargo port located in the central part of the south coast of England.  It has been an important port since the Roman occupation of Britain nearly two thousand years ago, and has a multifaceted history.  From the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century, it was a centre for naval shipbuilding and a departure point for soldiers going to war.  The port also played a role in the development of hovercraft, flying boat services, seaplanes and the Spitfire fighter plane.  Before the advent of jet travel, Southampton was Britain's gateway to the world.  The port also played a minor role in the history of Britain's canals.

The Cenotaph, Southampton: The Southampton Cenotaph is a stone memorial at Watts Park in Southampton, England, originally dedicated to the casualties of the First World War.  The memorial was designed by Edwin Lutyens and features a cenotaph on a plinth atop a gently curved pillar.  The monument was intended to be abstract and graceful, encouraging a perception of the soldier having fallen in a peaceful, "beautiful death".  Decisions over which names should be engraved on the Southampton Cenotaph proved controversial in the 20th century, but the design was heavily influential in determining the form of Lutyens' more famous Cenotaph in Whitehall.  Long-term weather damage to the memorial led to a glass wall being built alongside it in 2011, incorporating the names of those Southampton citizens who died in subsequent conflicts.

Southampton Castle: Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England.  Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design.  By the late 12th century the royal castle had been largely converted to stone, playing an important part in the wine trade conducted through the Southampton docks.  By the end of the 13th century the castle was in decline, but the threat of French raids in the 1370s led Richard II to undertake extensive rebuilding.  The result was a powerfully defended castle, one of the first in England to be equipped with cannon.  The castle declined again in the 16th century and was sold off to property speculators in 1618.  After being used for various purposes, including the construction of a Gothic mansion in the early 19th century, the site was flattened and largely redeveloped.  Only a few elements of the castle still remain visible in Southampton.

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Answer: ship's cooper