Help with ancestors occupation

[keldon]

I vote for tinker.

[Rena]

Travelling Tinker gets my vote too.  He would mend saucepans and other metal utensils.   

[Treetotal]

I see Travelling Tinker too.
Carol

[sbny357]

I cast my vote for "Travelling Fakir" [with an alternate spelling of "faiker" in this case"]. "Fakir" was sometimes used to mean "salesman" but could also mean "beggar". The "F" is written differently from others on the page, but the rest of it fits "faiker" better than "tinker" (the short cross-stroke in the middle of the 'F'; the stretching out of the 'a'; the placement of the dot over the 'i'). And if this was a family of "travellers' as one person said earlier, then that would also fit the idea that they were frequently on the move and raising funds however they could.

Steve

[maddys52]

Travelling tinker gets my vote.