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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #351 on: Tuesday 19 July 05 11:29 BST (UK) »
Occupation seen yesterday

Sick in Bed

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #352 on: Tuesday 19 July 05 11:36 BST (UK) »
Forgot to mention this too.

A man who emigrated to usa to become .......

a pencilcase maker

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #353 on: Friday 22 July 05 20:00 BST (UK) »
My favourite occupation among all of my miners in Dalton in Furness, Isle of Man and Durham is one of the sons listed as 'Coal Miner Better Below Ground'.

So is a 'Better' an actual job or was his dad being a bit snarky!?

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Coventry - BROWN, COLLINGBOURNE, SPENCER
Lancashire - NICHOLAS, JACKSON, HARRISON
Isle of Man - SAYLE, COWLEY
Durham - ANDERSON, HINDSON, LEIGHTELL, ROBINSON, ROBSON, STEWART
Yorkshire - MILNES, FIRTH, HUDSON

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #354 on: Saturday 23 July 05 01:29 BST (UK) »
Quote from: sarahjane412 on Friday 22 July 05 20:00 BST (UK)
My favourite occupation among all of my miners in Dalton in Furness, Isle of Man and Durham is one of the sons listed as 'Coal Miner Better Below Ground'.

So is a 'Better' an actual job or was his dad being a bit snarky!?

Sarah

Nice one, Sarah!  The nearest I could imagine would be 'Putter', which is a particular job in the mines.  But I like 'better' better! :)

Paul

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #355 on: Tuesday 26 July 05 20:54 BST (UK) »
My family has a wide range of occupations including:

Traveller with show- working on the Gallopers
Hawker of Hardware
Painter and decorator
Bricklayer
Gardener
Signalman on the railways
Gas works manager
Publicans
Sagger-makers-bottom-knocker plus other pottery based occupations
Various coalmining trades
and a Nippy at the Lyons tea-rooms!
Names Researching in Staffordshire: Booth, Brassington, Flanagan, Foy, Holt, Knott, Shaw, Simcock, Thursfield.

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #356 on: Tuesday 26 July 05 22:13 BST (UK) »
Most of my paternal family have been gun makers or nail cutters but my Great great Grandfather was a Sword Mounter - now that sounds painful! :D
Broomhall (Birmingham/Willenhall), Gurney, Rowley, Moore and Branson amongst others

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #357 on: Tuesday 09 August 05 15:51 BST (UK) »
Hi all,

Most of my ancesters were cordwainers (bootmakers).

It was a family busines and only stopped recently as my grandfather was a butcher.

Kim
Forever searching for NEWNHAM in Fletching/Danhill/Horsted Keynes/Cuckfield area of Sussex
Also BROWNING, WARNETT and STEPNEY

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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #358 on: Wednesday 10 August 05 19:40 BST (UK) »
I have a fitter of lightning conductors! Also a cricket ball maker (whole family of these) - obviously a skill handed down through generations.
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ABRAHAMS (Essex/Woolwich), CARPENTER (Kent)
CLEMENTS (London), CRADDOCK (Sheerness)
HORTON (Birmingham)
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Re: What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree?
« Reply #359 on: Wednesday 10 August 05 20:36 BST (UK) »
Oh yes, and a manager of a pork pie factory....
All census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Currently researching:
ABRAHAMS (Essex/Woolwich), CARPENTER (Kent)
CLEMENTS (London), CRADDOCK (Sheerness)
HORTON (Birmingham)
MUNCASTER (Whitehaven then Manchester, Scotland, Suffolk and Canada!)
TANCOCK (Devon/Cornwall),
WILSON (Edinburgh)
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