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 Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Our Ancestors' Odd Jobs in Genealogy Records
Posted by Diane
Just in time for Labor Day (or Labour Day, depending which side of the border you live on), Ancestry.com's Canadian
genealogy site, Ancestry.ca, offers this list of unusual occupations
gleaned from its Canadian census collection (1851-1916):
- Danise Barzano, living in Ottawa in 1901, gave her occupation
as "baseball field" (“terrain de baseball”).
- Saint John, New Brunswick, resident John Corbett offered his
job title as “lunatic keeper” in the 1901 census.
- Also in 1901, Torontonian Mary Brown was a “pig nurse.”
- William H. Butler of Ottawa was a “bell hanger” in the 1881
census.
- Also in 1881, John Dade was working as a
“lamp lighter” in Toronto.
- John Middleton, a 19-year-old resident of Algoma, Ontario, was listed as “criminal” in 1901.
- The 1901 occupation for Georgia Wilcox, a 38-year-old BC
resident, was “idiot”—a historic reference for a patient in an
asylum.
You'll find even more odd and archaic job titles in these free
FamilyTreeMagazine.com articles:
Interested in learning more about your ancestor's work? Learn how using these resources:
Ancestry.com | Canadian roots | Family Tree Magazine articles | Research Tips | Social History
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:27:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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