DGS Newsletter, Volume 23, Number 7, August-September 1999 Page: 124
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Cordwainer
Shoemaker, originally any leather
worker using leather from
Cordova/Cordoba in SpainOCCUPATION LIST
I put these 130 items together from many
sources and used it as a handout for our local
Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society. I was
asked by many recipients if the CHART could be
forwarded to other lists or used in local newsletters.
The answer is yes - please share this information.
Dan Burrows (downloaded from the internet)
Editor's Note: Check these out carefully! Many of these occupations
are also familiar surnames! You may get a clue as to
your ancestors' means of making a living!
OLD TITLE CURRENT TITLE
Accomptant Accountant
Almoner Giver of charity to the needy
Amanuensis Secretary or stenographer
Artificer A soldier mechanic who does repairs
Bailie Bailiff
Baxter Baker
Bluestocking Female writer
Boniface Keeper of an inn
Brazier One who works with brass
Brewster Beer manufacturer
Brightsmith Metal Worker
Burgonmaster Mayor
Caulker One who filled up cracks (in ships or
windows or seems to make them
watertight by using tar or oakum-hem
fiber produced by taking old ropes
apart
Chaisemaker Carriage maker
Chandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or
sells candles; retailer of groceries
Chiffonnier Wig maker
Clark Clerk
Clerk Clergyman, cleric
Clicker The servant of a salesman who stood
at the door to invite customers; one
who received the matter in the galley
from the compositors and arranged it
in due form ready for printing; one
who makes eyelet holes in boots
using a machine which clicked.
Cohen Priest
Collier Coal miner
Colporteur Peddler of books
Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels
made of staves & hoops, such as
casks, barrels, tubs, etc.DGS Newsletter Volume 23, Number 201, Aug.-Sept. 1999 124
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OLD TITLE CURRENT TITLE
Costermonger Peddler of fruits and vegetables
Crocker Potter
Crowner Coroner
Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse
with a currycomb; one who tanned
leather by incorporating oil or grease
Docker Stevedore, dock worker who loads
and unloads cargo
Dowser One who finds water using a rod or
witching stick
Draper A dealer in dry goods
Drayman One who drives a long strong cart
without fixed sides for carrying heavy
loads
Dresser A surgeon's assistant in a hospital
Drover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to
market; a dealer in cattle
Duffer Peddler
Factor Agent, commission merchant; one
who acts or transacts business for
another; Scottish steward or bailiff of
an estate
Farrier A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
Faulkner Falconer
Fell monger One who removes hair or wool from
hides in preparation for leather
making
Fletcher One who made bows and arrows
Fuller One who fulls cloth; one who shrinks
and thickens woolen cloth by
moistening, heating, and pressing;
one who cleans and finishes cloth
Gaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailer
Glazier Window glassman
Hacker Maker of hoes
Hatcheler One who combed out or carded flax
Haymonger Dealer in hay
Hayward Keeper of fences
Higgler Itinerant peddler
Hillier Roof tiler
Hind A farm laborer
Holster A groom who took care of horses,
often at an inn
Hooker Reaper
Hooper One who made hoops for casks and
barrels
Huckster Sells small wares
Husbandman A farmer who cultivated the land
Jagger Fish peddler
Journeyman One who had served his
apprenticeship and mastered his craft,
not bound to serve a master, but hired
by the dayDGS Newsletter
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