PCGS - Olde Occupations

Olde Occupations
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Daguerreotype Artist	photographer
Dairyman	worker or owner of a dairy farm or seller of dairy products
Damster	builder of dams for logging purposes
Danter	female overseer in the winding rooms of a silk mill
Dareman	dairyman
Dateler	casual worker, usually employed by the day
Daunsel	gentleman in waiting; groom; squire
Day Man	casual worker, usually employed by the day
Daytaleman	casual worker, usually employed by the day
Deathsman	executioner
Decimer	elected by the householders in a street to act as their representative at the borough's Court Leet
Decoyman	employed to decoy the wild fowl, animals etc into a trap or within shooting range
Decretist	knowledgeable in decrees, decretals
Deemer	judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man
Deemster	judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man
Delver	dug ditches
Dempster	judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man
Demster	judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man
Depater	precious metal refiner
Deputy	safety officer for the pit crew in the mining industry
Derrickman	worked on an oil well handling the tubes and rods used in drilling
Devil	printer's errand boy
Deviller	operated the devil, a machine that tore rags used in the textile industry
Dexter	dyer
Dey Wife	female dairy worker
Dikeman	hedger or ditcher
Dipper	worked in the pottery trade and was responsible for the glazing of items
Dish Thrower	made bowls and dishes
Dish Turner	made wooden bowls or dishes
Disher	made bowls and dishes
Disteller	maker of alcoholic beverages
Distributor	parish official attached to the workhouse / poorhouse who looked after the secular needs of the poor
Diviner	finds water under the ground
Dock Master	in charge of a dockyard
Dock Walloper	docker; stevedore
Docker	stevedore; longshoreman; dock worker who loads and unloads cargo
Dog Leech	veterinarian
Doggy	man in charge of underground haulage hands
Dog-Whipper	drove dogs away in a village
Domesman	judge
Domestic	household servant
Donkey Boy	driver of a carriage for passengers
Donkey Man	driver of a carriage for passengers
Door Keeper	guard, janitor, or porter
Doubler	operated a machine used to twist together strands of fiber (cotton, wool etc)
Dowser	finds water using a rod or witching stick
Dozener	elected by the householders in a street to act as their representative at the borough's Court Leet
Dragman	fisher man who fished by dragging a net along the bottom of the water
Dragoman	acted as interpreter or guide in Turkish or Arabic
Dragoon	mounted infantryman
Dragsman	driver of a small stage coach or carriage used for public transport or private hire
Drainer	made drains
Draper	dealer in dry goods
Drawboy	weavers assistant in the shawl making mills - sat atop the looms and lifted the heavy warps
Drayman	drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads
Dredgerman	collected & sold bits and pieces fallen overboard from other vessels (London occupation)
Dresser	surgeon's assistant in a hospital; worked in slate quarry, cut slates to size
Dressing Machine Maker	made sewing machines
Drift Makera	made drift nets, used in the fishing industry
Dripping Man	dealer in dripping (the fat collected during the cooking of meats)
Driver	slave overseer
Drover	driver of animals to market; dealer in cattle
Drugger	pharmacist
Drummer	traveling salesman
Dry Salter	dealer in pickles, dried meats, and sauces or a dealer in dyes and colors used in the dying trade
Dry Stane Dyker	built stone walls without using any cement or mortar and generally not cutting the stone, but being able to see where various stones would fit together
Dry Stone Waller	built stone walls without using any cement or mortar and generally not cutting the stone, but being able to see where various stones would fit together
Drysalter	made or dealt in salt
Dubbere	cloth dubber i.e.. one who raises the nap of cloth
Dudder	maker of coarse cloaks
Duffer	peddler
Dustbin Man	collected domestic refuse
Dusters	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Dustman	collected domestic refuse
Dyer	dyes cloth
Dykeman	hedger or ditcher
Dyker	stonemason
Dysshere	ditcher; disher
Ealdorman	acted as the King's deputy taking payment from the profits of the court
Earer	plowman
Earth Stopper	plugs up animal holes
Ebonite Turner	worked with ebonite or vulcanite, making combs or ornaments etc
Egg Factor	egg or poultry dealer
Eggler	egg or poultry dealer
Elephants Teeth Dealer	dealt in ivory ornaments etc
Ellerman	sold oil used for lamps
Elliman	sold oil used for lamps
Elymaker	oil maker
Embosser	molded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material
Empresario	land broker, settlement scheme promoter, showman
Endholdernn	inn keeper
Engine Tenter	operated the machine which stretched the cloth whilst drying in a woolllen mill
Engineman	employed at a mine to be in charge of the machinery used to crush the ore
Ensign	commissioned officer in the navy
Enumerator	census taker
Equerry	officer of the royal household usually responsible for the royal horses
Eremite	hermit
Erite	heretic
Esquire	attended a knight, which later became a title for a man of standing in society
Estafette	mounted courier
Ewe Herd	shepherd
Examining officer	customs service officer - examined imported goods (known as Landing waiter until 1861)
Exchequer	revenue collector
Exciseman	excise tax collector
Executrix	female executor
Eyer	made eyes in needles used for sewing (aka Holer)

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