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Iceman Idleman Indentured Servant Infirmarian Intelligencer Intendent Interfactor Iron Founder Iron Industry Iron Master Iron Monger Iron Smith Ivory Workers |
A seller or deliverer of ice. A gentleman of leisure. One who was voluntarily or involuntarily committed to working for someone for a fixed number of years (usually 4 to 7) in exchange for passage to America or some other financial advantage. The lowest person on the totem pole, an indentured servant had few, if any, rights, but people without skills or money accepted this position in order to emigrate. After the period of work was over, the servant usually became a freeman. A person in charge of an infirmary. A spy. A director of a public or government business. A murderer. A person who founds or casts iron. Supported among others the following occupations: Brazier, Broker, Caster, Founder, Galvaniser, Moulder, Monger, Shearer, Platemaker, Worker. The owner or manager of a foundry. A dealer in hardware made of iron. Also known as a Feroner. A worker in iron, a blacksmith. Included makers of combs, boxes, billiard balls, buttons, and keys for pianofortes. |
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[1] A young male assistant, [2] A sailor, [3] A lumberjack. Cotton industry worker who operated a jack-frame, used for giving a twist to the thread. Maker of lifting machinery and contrivances. [1] Carrier, carter, pedlar or hawker of fish. [2] 19c. Derbyshire. A young boy in charge of 'jags' or train of trucks in coal mine. [3] Man in charge of pack horse carrying iron ore to be smelted. [4] From 1899 a uniformed messenger boy employed by a London business firm. A person who emptied cesspools. A varnisher who used lacquering process invented in Japan. Closely allied to papier-mâché trade. Custom house officer who searched ships. Worker in woollen manufacture. (Jersey = wool which has been combed but not spun into yarn). See JOBMASTER. Driver of coach hired out for long periods to nobility or gentry. A buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker. One employed on a casual basis. Also Jobbing. A person who supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire. A craftsman who works with wood. A skilled carpenter. A travelling minstrel. A craftsman who had served an apprenticeship and was no longer bound to serve a master. Distinguished on one side from apprentice, on the other from master. A female hawker of fish who usually travelled on foot for town to town. A fish monger See JOINER. The head of the royal judicial system and the king's viceroy when absent from the country. |
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A Fisherman. Colliery official who checked quantity and quality of coal output. See WEIGHMAN. A bargeman. From keel, a flat bottomed boat. A woolcomber. Innkeeper. [1] Skinner, [2] Dealer in young goats. A limeburner, in charge of a kiln. Made cuishes and high armour. A dealer in old horses, dead animals. Harness maker, saddler. A worker who dressed and shaped flints into required shape and size. Major use was flintlocks in weapons for British Army. A chimney sweep who solicited custom by knocking on doors. The retainer of a feudal lord who owes military service for his fief, usually the service of one fully equipped, mounted warrior. The ideals to which a knight may aspire are notably prowess, loyalty, generosity and courtesy. The man employed to wake up northern mill and factory workers on early shifts, going from house to house using a long pole to knock on bedroom windows. A dog catcher. A toller of bells. See KNELLER. |
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A child employed in lace work, drawing out threads. A person who employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace. A young worker who embroidered patterns on lace. A dealer in lace, who collected it from the makers, usually only those who had bought his thread, and sold it in the lace markets. A lady's maid. A sailor. A local constable (Law-Rightman). A customs officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods. A seaman on first voyage. A person who cuts, polishes or engraves precious stones. The keeper of the cupboard. A person who made shoes using a last, a cobbler. A person who puts the first coat of plaster onto laths on floor and ceiling. (a plaster's assistant). Worker in latten, a metal resembling brass. A skilled metal worker who made or worked in latten, a mixed metal resembling brass. A washer. A washerwoman, a person who washed linen. A washerwoman, from French laver, to wash. A worker in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper-making process. A person who examined food on sale at market. A leather maker. See PHYSICIAN. A magician. A canal boatman. Barges had to be legged through underground tunnels by the men lying flat on deck and 'walking' along the roof or sides of the tunnel thus propelling the boat along by leg power not horse power. See also HORSE MARINE. A gardener (leighton = a garden). 18c. Forerunner of local postman. The Post Office appointed a large number of letter carriers in 1722 to make house to house deliveries within a town. A seller of alcoholic beverages. A boatman who worked on a lighter, a large open flat-bottomed boat used in loading and unloading larger sea going ships. An illuminator of books, painter or drawer. A linen draper, shirtmaker. A flax dresser. [1] A person who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee. Had to be licensed to trade in early 19c. [2] Term sometimes applied to general manservant late 19c. A dyer of cloth. A groom (of horses). A ship's pilot. [1] An errand boy. [2] Surgeon's assistant on board ship (Naut). An overseer of canal locks. A person who was provide with accommodation but was not supplied with meals. See BOARDER Preparer of a dye made from logwood, used in textile industry. Locksmith. A street seller who sold popular songsheets printed on paper about a yard long. [1] A landsman employed to load and unload ships, a Stevedore. [2] A fisherman who fishes from or along the shore. See also Spurrier. [1] Made spits, bridles, and other metal parts for the harness of horses. [2] Maker of small ironware. [3] Worker in wrought iron. A street seller. A chimney sweep. [1] Dock labourer who discharged cargo of timber. Employed by a Master Lumper, not the Dock Company. [2] Fine-grain saltmaker, from practice of moulding salt into lumps. An alchemist's servant whose duty was to fan the fire. |