Names of Old Time Occupations

Compiled by Daniel H. Burrows

Reprinted coutesy of Genealogy Records Service More information available FREE online http://www.genrecords.com

Accomptant Almoner Amanuensis Artificer Bailie Boniface Brazier Brewster Brightsmith Caulker Chaisemaker Chandler

Chiffonnier Clark Clerk Cohen Collier Colporteur Cooper

Cordwainer

Costermonger Crocker Crowner Currier Docker Dowser Draper Drayman

Accountant Giver of charity to the needy Secretary or stenographer A soldier mechanic who does repairs Bailiff Keeper of an inn One who works with brass Beer manufacturer Metal Worker One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) Carriage maker Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries Wig maker Clerk Clergyman, cleric Priest Coal miner Peddler of books One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain Peddler of fruits and vegetables Potter Coroner One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo One who finds water using a rod or witching stick A dealer in dry goods One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads
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Dresser Drover Duffer Factor

A surgeons assistant in a hospital One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market Peddler Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate A blacksmith, one who shoes horses Falconer One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making One who made bows and arrows One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth A keeper of the goal, a jailer Window glassman Maker of hoes One who combed out flax Dealer in hay Keeper of fences Itinerant peddler Roof tiler A farm laborer A groomer of horses Reaper One who made hoops for casks and barrels Sells small wares A farmer who cultivated the land One who had served his appren ticeship and mastered his craft A skilled carpenter

Farrier Faulkner Fell monger

Fletcher Fuller

Gaoler Glazier Hacker Hatcheler Haymonger Hayward Higgler Hillier Hind Holster Hooker Hooper Huckster Husbandman Journeyman Joyner/Joiner

Keeler Kempster Lardner Lavender Lederer Leech Longshoreman Lormer Malender Maltster Manciple Mason Mintmaster Monger Muleskinner Neatherder Ordinary Keeper Pattern Maker

Peregrinator Peruker Pettifogger Pigman Plumber

Porter Puddler Quarrier Rigger Ripper Roper Saddler

Sawbones Sawyer Schumacker Scribler Scrivener Scrutiner Shrieve Slater Slopseller

Bargeman Wool comber Keeper of the cupboard Washer woman Leather maker Physician Stevedore Maker of horse gear Farmer Brewer A steward Bricklayer One who issued local currency Seller of goods (ale, fish) Teamster Herds cows Innkeeper with fixed prices A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end Itinerant wanderer A wig maker A shyster lawyer Crockery dealer One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. Door keeper Wrought iron worker Quarry worker Hoist tackle worker Seller of fish Maker of rope or nets One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses Physician One who saws; carpenter Shoemaker A minor or worthless author Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public Election judge Sheriff Roofer Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
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Snobscat/Snob Sorter Spinster Spurrer Squire Stuff gown Stuff gownsman Supercargo

Tanner Tapley Tasker Teamster Thatcher Tide waiter Tinker Tipstaff Travers Tucker Turner Victualer

Vulcan Wagoner Wainwright Waiter

Webster Wharfinger Wheelwright Whitesmith Wright Yeoman

One who repaired shoes Tailor A woman who spins or an unmarried woman Maker of spurs Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace Junior barrister Junior barrister Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather One who puts the tap in an ale cask Reaper One who drives a team for hauling Roofer Customs inspector An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman Policeman Toll bridge collector Cleaner of cloth goods A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies Blacksmith Teamster not for hire Wagon maker Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in Operator of looms Owner of a wharf One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work Workman, especially a con struction worker Farmer who owns his own land