Olde Occupations
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Olde Occupations
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| Caddie | messenger or errand boy |
| Caddy Butcher | butcher that dealt in horse meat |
| Cadger | beggar |
| Cafender | carpenter |
| Caffler | rag and bone collector |
| Cainer | made walking sticks |
| Caird | another term for a tinker |
| Calciner | burnt bones to make powdered lime |
| Calender | listed documents |
| Calender Worker | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| Calenderer | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| Calenderman | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| Calico Printer | dyed and colored calico |
| Cambist | banker |
| Cambric Maker | made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric |
| Camister | minister of the cloth |
| Camlet Merchant | seller of camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & petticoats |
| Campaner | bell maker |
| Cancellarius | chancellor |
| Candle Maker | made and sold candles |
| Candler | made and sold candles |
| Candy Man | traveling candy salesman; slang name for a bailiff |
| Caner | made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| Cannaller | canal boat worker |
| Canter | religious speaker who uses cant |
| Canting Caller | auctioneer |
| Canvaser | made canvas |
| Cap Maker | made caps usually worn by the working class |
| Caper | cap maker |
| Capillaire Maker | made orange flavored syrup |
| Capitalist | investor |
| Capper | made caps usually worn by the working class |
| Captain | in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also term for an overseer |
| Card Nailer | maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine |
| Carder | cards wool |
| Cardmaker | maker of cards (instruments for combing wool) |
| Cardroomer | term for anyone who worked in the carding room of the mills |
| Caretaker | takes care of another's property |
| Carman | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carner | granary keeper |
| Carnifex | butcher |
| Carpentarius | carpenter |
| Carrier | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carry-in-Boy | took finished bottled (products) to the tempering oven |
| Cart Wheeler | made cart wheels |
| Carter | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carter | maker or driver carts |
| Cartographer | map maker |
| Cartomancer | fortune teller who used cards |
| Cartwright | maker of carts & wagons |
| Cashmarie | sold fish usually at inland markets |
| Caster | made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc |
| Castor | hat maker |
| Castora | made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc |
| Castrator | castrated farm animals |
| Catagman | cottager |
| Catchpole | sheriff's assistant or bailiff |
| Catchpolla | sheriff's assistant or bailiff |
| Catechista | teacher of religion |
| Cattle Duffer | peddler |
| Cattle Jobber | buys and sells cattle |
| Caulker | filled cracks in ships, windows or seams to make them watertight |
| Cautioner | guarantor |
| Ceapman | merchant, often itinerant |
| Ceiler | puts up ceilings |
| Cellarman | looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses or the warehouse |
| Cemmer | hand combed the yarn before weaving |
| Chaff Cutter | made chaff by cutting straw |
| Chafferer | dealer in chaff |
| Chair Bodger | traveling chair repairman |
| Chair Bottomer | made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| Chaisemaker | carriage maker |
| Chaloner | dealer in shalloon (a material made in Chalons) |
| Chamber Master | shoemaker that worked from home as an outworker or selling direct |
| Chamberlain | steward to either royalty or nobility, in charge of the household |
| Chambermaid | female servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns |
| Chandler | candle seller; grocer; provisioner; usually associated with provisioning ships |
| Chanty Man | sailor that led the singing of shanties on board ship |
| Chapeler | made and sold hats |
| Chapman | merchant, often itinerant |
| Charcoal Burner | made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut |
| Charman | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Chartmaster | middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labor |
| Charwoman | cleaning woman |
| Chatelaine | mistress of a castle or house |
| Chaunter | street entertainer who sung ballads |
| Checkweighman | checked coal weight recorded by the mine management |
| Cheese Factor | dealer in cheeses |
| Cheese Monger | dealer in cheeses |
| Cheeseman | dealer in cheeses |
| Chesterman | guard |
| Chiffonier | wig maker or ragpicker |
| Childbed Linen Warehouse Keeper/Dealer | hired bed linen for childbirth as most children were born at home |
| Chimney Sweep | chimney cleaner |
| Chinglor | roof tiler who used wooden shingles |
| Chip | shipwright or carpenter |
| Chippers Labourer | assistant to a shipwright or ships carpenter |
| Chiropodist | treats diseases of the feet & hands |
| Chirugion | apothecary or surgeon |
| Chirurgeon | apothecary or surgeon |
| Chowder | fish monger |
| Chronologist | recorded official events of historical importance |
| Cinder Filler | iron industry worker |
| Cinder Wench | female who collected the cinders from gas works and sold them door to door |
| Cissor | tailor |
| Claker | magician/astrologer |
| Clapman | town crier |
| Clark | clerk |
| Clarke | cleric or scribe |
| Classman | unemployed laborer |
| Claviger | servant |
| Clay Carrier | assistant to the shot firer in the pits |
| Clayman | prepares clay for making bricks; coats outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof |
| Clergyman | cleric |
| Clericus | clerk |
| Clerk | clergyman, cleric |
| Cleyman | prepares clay for making bricks; coats outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof |
| Clicker | servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; printer in charge of final layout; makes eyelet holes in boots |
| Clipper | attached coal carts to wire or rope used to drag carts to and from coal face |
| Clipper Off | attached coal carts to wire or rope used to drag carts to and from coal face |
| Clipper On | attached coal carts to wire or rope used to drag carts to and from coal face |
| Clod Hopper | plowman |
| Clogger | maker of wooden shoes |
| Cloth Lapper | took the cloth from the carding machine readied it for the next process |
| Cloth Linter | removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material |
| Cloth Picker | removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material |
| Clothesman | made or sold clothes |
| Clothier | made or sold clothes |
| Clothman | made or sold clothes |
| Clouter | made nails; shoemaker |
| Clower | made nails; shoemaker |
| Cmerist | lady's maid |
| Coach Driver | drove any coach |
| Coachman | drove any coach |
| Coal Backer | carried the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons |
| Coal Burner | made charcoal |
| Coal Drawer | worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts to the bottom of the pit |
| Coal Heaver | unloaded coal |
| Coal Higgler | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house |
| Coal Merchant | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house |
| Coal Runner | attended the coal carts underground |
| Coal Whipper | unloaded coal from ships using baskets attached to a simple form of crane |
| Coalman | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house |
| Coalmeter | measured the coal |
| Coast Surveyor | customs officer who watched over the off loading of goods on the coast |
| Coast waiter | officer in Customs service charging coast side duties |
| Cobbler | shoe maker/repairer |
| Cobleman | used a flat bottomed boat for fishing |
| Cocus | cook |
| Cod Placer | put fire proof containers which held the pottery for firing into the kiln |
| Cohen | priest |
| Coiner | worked at the mint stamping out coins |
| Collar Maker | made horse collars; made shirt collars |
| Collector | customs service controller of a collection (an administrative area) |
| Collier | coal miner; a coal merchant; worked on the coal barges |
| Colonus | farmer or husbandman |
| Coloratora | worked with dyes |
| Colour Man | mixed the dyes in the textile trade; assistant to a house painter |
| Colourator | worked with dyes |
| Colporteur | coal miner |
| Colporteur | peddler of books |
| Comb Maker | made combs for the textile industry; maker of hair combs |
| Comber | combs wool |
| Combere | combs wool |
| Commission Merchant | acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate |
| Compositor | set the type ready for printing |
| Conder | gave steering instructions to the steersman; gave directions to inshore fisherman of fish movements on shoals |
| Coney Catcher | rabbit catcher |
| Confectioner | candy maker |
| Conner | gave steering instructions to the steersman; gave directions to inshore fisherman of fish movements on shoals; inspector or tester |
| Conveyor | grantor or seller |
| Cooper | makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. |
| Copeman | merchant, often itinerant |
| Copeman | dealer in goods; dishonest dealer in horses |
| Coper | dealer in goods; dishonest dealer in horses |
| Copperas Worker | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Copperbeater | coppersmith |
| Copperbeter | coppersmith |
| Coppersmith | worked with copper |
| Coppice Keeper | takes care of small wood |
| Coracle Maker | made coracles, a small round boat used for fishing |
| Cordewanarius | shoemaker; leather worker using Cordovan leather |
| Cordiner | shoemaker; leather worker using Cordovan leather |
| Cordwainer | shoemaker; leather worker using Cordovan leather |
| Corporal | man in charge of underground haulage hands |
| Corviner | shoemaker; leather worker using Cordovan leather |
| Corvisor | shoemaker; leather worker using Cordovan leather |
| Corvister | involved in leather tanning, curing, processing or manufacturing trades |
| Costermonger | peddler of fruits and vegetables |
| Cotiler | cutler |
| Cottier | landless farmer in the Irish midland estates that farmed at will, not year to year |
| Counter | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Couper | buys & sells |
| Couranteer | journalist |
| Cowherd | cow tender |
| Cowkeeper | kept one or more cows in the back yard of a house providing milk to sell at the front door or window |
| Coxwain | ship or boat helmsman |
| Cratch Maker | made cratches (mangers, cribs, or frames) for hay |
| Crayman | driver of a cart carrying heavy loads |
| Crier | law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer |
| Crimper | member of navy press gang |
| Crocker | potter |
| Crofter | tenant of a small piece of land |
| Cropper | tenant who is paid with a share of the crop |
| Crosier | bearer of the pastoral staff of a bishop; bearer of the cross before the archbishop in the church |
| Crowner | coroner |
| Crozier | bearer of the pastoral staff of a bishop; bearer of the cross before the archbishop in the church |
| Cuhreur | currier |
| Culler | gelder of male animals |
| Cunreur | currier |
| Cuper | maker or repairer of vessels made of staves & hoops ie. barrels, casks and tubs |
| Cuper | cooper |
| Curer | cures tobacco |
| Curretter | broker |
| Currier | dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease |
| Customer | customs tax collector |
| Cutler | knife seller or sharpener |
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