April 5- Old occupations that start with D
Searching through my family tree surnames, for this letter, I found that I don't have any that start with D. First names, ditto. Place names, ditto and I didn't want to do dog, sooooo... Old occupations that start with D. This could be fun.
Using my copy of ' A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations,' by Colin Waters, I delved into the letter D.
Daunsel , interesting but what is it. A male servant of a gentleman.
This one sounds fun! A Deplumer, feather worker who stripped of feathers or plucked the feathers. That would tickle your nose.
Diker and Discifer catch my attention. Diker is a ditch or trench digger. Discifer is a steward.
This one would have been interesting to watch, a dodderer. Well it was a person employed to lop off the horns of farm animals.
This one really got my attention, dragons blood dealer. No, they didn't sell dragons blood but was a dealer in resin and gums.
These were just some of the interesting ones I came across.
What weird occupations does your family tree have? Mine were all boring.
Bye for now,
Lilian.
Fascinating findings!
ReplyDeleteDelightful list - what a beaut theme for an A-Z Challenge at another time.
ReplyDeleteIs Ditherer (what I am) in your dictionary?
Delightful list - what a beaut theme for an A-Z Challenge at another time.
ReplyDeleteIs Ditherer (what I am) in your dictionary?
No, Jill it isn't in the occupation dictionary but I did find it in the Collins English Dictionary. Didn't think of you as a ditherer.
DeleteWhat a fun and interesting post. I don't recall anything quite so interesting as the feather plucker, but I have a couple women from the 1930s who sewed the seam in women's stockings.
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Wendy
Jollett Etc.
I have one ancestor who was a calico print engraver.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandfather was an engine room artificer. I thought the accent would be on "art" but when my father says it he pronounces it with the accent on "tif" as in arTIFicer.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandfather was an engine room artificer. I thought the accent would be on "art" but when my father says it he pronounces it with the accent on "tif" as in arTIFicer.
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