Comments on: Occupation records – How did your ancestors spend their 9 to 5? http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/03/occupation-records-how-did-your-ancestors-spend-their-9-to-5/ The official Ancestry.co.uk blog Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Roger http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/03/occupation-records-how-did-your-ancestors-spend-their-9-to-5/#comment-502 Roger Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:42 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1064#comment-502 The old occupations can be fascinating and often give a really good insight into how a persons family has faired over the years. I recently found someone on a marriage certificate discribed as a 'Chinaman' but he turned out to have been a dealer in Bone China! However, I think the most interesting professions that I have come across in my tree were two brothers who were professional Tilters (or Jousters) at the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and of King James I. The elder brother later was a profession Soldier, an Actor and for a time owner of the Globe Theatre. This contrasts with a number of others who were 'Straw Plaiters', preparing the straw for other to making into Straw Hats. This was a subject I knew little about and, just as the article says, it was easy and interesting to reseach. The old occupations can be fascinating and often give a really good insight into how a persons family has faired over the years. I recently found someone on a marriage certificate discribed as a ‘Chinaman’ but he turned out to have been a dealer in Bone China!

However, I think the most interesting professions that I have come across in my tree were two brothers who were professional Tilters (or Jousters) at the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and of King James I. The elder brother later was a profession Soldier, an Actor and for a time owner of the Globe Theatre.

This contrasts with a number of others who were ‘Straw Plaiters’, preparing the straw for other to making into Straw Hats. This was a subject I knew little about and, just as the article says, it was easy and interesting to reseach.

]]> By: Olivier http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/03/occupation-records-how-did-your-ancestors-spend-their-9-to-5/#comment-499 Olivier Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:47 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1064#comment-499 David: "Accoucheuse" most likely refers to the French word for midwife. David: “Accoucheuse” most likely refers to the French word for midwife.

]]> By: David Phillips http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/03/occupation-records-how-did-your-ancestors-spend-their-9-to-5/#comment-498 David Phillips Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:11:25 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1064#comment-498 I imagine that many of us begin with trying to build a simple family tree: we soon realise that it isn't that simple because go back four generations and you have perhaps 100+ individuals and a whole lexicon of family names... This certainly happened to me. After quite a short time, though, I became side-tracked by the sometimes oblique references to people's jobs and places of residence. In particular my 2x great grandmother on my paternal side was down on the Census in 1891 as an 'acoucheuse' ??? Likewise a 2x great grandfather on my maternal side was involved in what today would be called recycling textiles (rag and bone man?). Fascinating stuff. And of course like everyone else one of the family drove the Flying Scotsman! I imagine that many of us begin with trying to build a simple family tree: we soon realise that it isn’t that simple because go back four generations and you have perhaps 100+ individuals and a whole lexicon of family names… This certainly happened to me. After quite a short time, though, I became side-tracked by the sometimes oblique references to people’s jobs and places of residence. In particular my 2x great grandmother on my paternal side was down on the Census in 1891 as an ‘acoucheuse’ ??? Likewise a 2x great grandfather on my maternal side was involved in what today would be called recycling textiles (rag and bone man?). Fascinating stuff. And of course like everyone else one of the family drove the Flying Scotsman!

]]> By: Ray Fairwood http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/03/occupation-records-how-did-your-ancestors-spend-their-9-to-5/#comment-496 Ray Fairwood Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:42:29 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1064#comment-496 Hi, I found your blog interesting and a useful spur to look into the occuptaions of my family tree members. Thanks, Ray Hi,
I found your blog interesting and a useful spur to look into the occuptaions of my family tree members.
Thanks, Ray

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