What is the most interesting occupation in your family tree? (#1: locked)

[D ap D]

Funnily enough it was. John. Any relation?

[Minn]

 

Funnily enough it was. John. Any relation?

  Nuh!

[D ap D]

  Nuh!

Seriously? Many Americans do. I get so many emails telling me they are related to John Williams, born in Wales in the 1800s. I thought he just got around a fair bit.

 

[Minn]

  LOL I know what you mean!

[TreeDigger]

Occupations in my family (both British and Dutch):

Luitenant-Colonel in Dutch Army(my stepdad)
former RAF something-or-rather (my biological father)
Scots Guard member/school teacher (grandfather)
Ordinary Seaman B.R.N/blacksmith (greatgrandfather)
inspector/detective in armed forces (gr.gr.gr.grandfather)
blacksmith (gr.gr.grandfather and gr.gr.gr.grandfather)
carpenter/architect (several gr.gr.grandfathers)
reverend (a few of those as well)
millers (about 7 of those)

and a few royal bastards - literally!!!

One line of the family can be traced back to Charlemaign and beyond, another seems to have been pulled out of the Frisian clay around 1720, just like that.

Keeps it interesting   

[lindagene]

When I was young, my dad used to tell me about his 'Uncle Offord' who was a lion tamer,   my sister and I used to believe him,   well in fairness you usually do believe the things that your parents tell you when you are small...don't you?   Maybe I should add that he often used to get us to run to the windows and look out when he told us there was an elephant in the garden.   Now that I have reached the ripe old age of   **  I no longer think that my dad was always to be believed.  (he used to play the same tricks with both my children, I never knew whether to tell them the truth or not, in the end, I left them to enjoy his antics.  He is now 82 going on 13)   To get back to the point, this 'Offord' did end up doing some pearl diving in the south seas (I think) trouble is, I now have trouble believing anything much at all...I wonder why?

  Lindy

[leagen]

How about Go-Go Girl?  That's what I was back in the 60's.  Danced on stage behind the bar in nite clubs.  Good money for the times but you had to be careful Where u worked.  In New Orleans the bar owners on Bourbon St. also wanted u to give selected customers "Extra" attention.  I never did work on Bourbon St.!

[officersmess]

Think my favourite is my great grandfather, who ran the horsebus in Auchenblae, Kincardineshire in the late 1800s... in his will, he left "one horse (aged)" - aw!



My g-g-g-g-g grandfather was a Master Coppersmith in late 18th century Leith, and I recently tracked down the inventory of his estate.  It has several fascinating pages of debtors, amongst whom was King George - I hope he coughed up the three shillings he owed.  (Then again, think of the interest I could claim if the debt's still outstanding....!!!)

Good question - interesting answers.  Cheers! 

[Kimi]

I've got......

Mariners
Watermen
Millers
A Tine Wire Plate Maker - whatever that is?
Seamstresses/Tailors............ and about 100 Labourers!

Kimi