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WHAT JOBS DID OUR ANCESTORS HOLD?
Here is a list of jobs with the title as known by
our ancestors / and the corresponding current title
JOBS PAGE 5
"Slater to Yeoman"
Slater: Roofer
Slopseller: Seller of ready-made
clothes in a slop shop
Snobscat/Snob: One who repaired shoes
Sorte: Tailor
Spinster: A woman who spins or an unmarried woman
Spurrer: Maker of spurs
Squire: Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
Tinker: Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
Tipstaff: Policeman
Travers: Toll bridge collection
Victualer: A tavern keeper, or one who provides
an army, navy, or ship with food supplies
Vulcan: Blacksmith
Wagoner: Teamster not for hire\
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Webster: Operator of looms
Wheelwright:
One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc.
Whitewing: Street sweeper
Wright: Workman, especially a construction
worker
Yeoman: Farmer who owns his own
land
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