What professions do you have a lot of?

[throckenholt]

I have a lot of shoemakers, brickmakers, silk weavers, hat makers and maltsters.  And millions of agricultural labourers.

The rarest I think are probably a fancy label cutter, and a glass beveller.

[Happy Hunter]

I also have numerous Ag Labs, but recently found an entire line of thatchers, even an article on how they chose the best thatch - it really is interesting!

[nort]

the majority of them were coal miners or as one had on his marriage certificate 'pitman' which is probably what they called themselves.Also have a tailor,colliery traffic manager,blacksmith,musician so there is a bit of variety.

Steve

[Arquebus]

After the Civil War and the Parliamentarian triumph, Royalist supporters were subjected to inquiries by a Committee for Composition for their ‘Delinquency’.

I am chuffed as old boots to find that one of my ancestors was described as a ‘Notorious Delinquent’……and although it probably doesn’t have the same meaning as  today, I can probably use it to explain my behaviour!

Interestingly, bearing in mind this was the Cromwellian take on things at the time, another descendant of the same family went on to become KCMG & Commissioner of Basutoland…..how fortunes change....

AL.

[SallyF]

Miners....miners.....miners......miners...

oh, and a few more miners !!    


At least a couple varied it from coal mining to lead mining !! 


(Now you see why why I got so excited about my great aunt's husband being a professional footballer.)

Sally

Oooo! excitement!   On latest batch of certs to arrive - one marriage in 1869, even though groom is yet another "miner", one father is a Stonemason, and the other is difficult to read but I think it says "Hardwareman". 

Whatever that is, at least its not a miner!   

Sally

[Lady Di]

Anna

Isn't it nice to find professions and other things in your family research that affirm who you are and what you do??

MarieC 

Oh dear, I'm in trouble - my most common ancestral "occupation" was Kleptomaniac!!!!

Yep - 17 convicts who all stole once too many times 

Does that mean it runs in the family and is a perpetual occupation

[PaulaToo]

Could do, Lady Di, after all, you are colleting ancestors.
Then again, a Klepto would go after someone elses, bit like certain other sites I think.

If I leave Eliza Ann and her lot around, you wouldn't like to Klepto them up, would you? Wouldn't miss em, not one bit.

(And that's the biggest porkie of the lot, I love them, every one, except Great Grandfather William who deserted us.)

[Kim in Qatar]

One side of the family were book keepers,the other side all ag labs.Also a carpenter, many servants,a waggoner,and a shareholder.

[kena]

Four butchers, all on my mum's mum's side, also the usual ag labs, farmers, factory workers and miners.

Anna