Pike County Missouri - Olde Occupations

Qhylwryghte	wheelwright
Quarrel Picker	glazier
Quarrier	quarry worker
Quarryman	quarry worker
Quiller	operated a machine that wound yarn onto spools
Quilter	quilted material
Quiltress	quilted material
Quister	bleached things
Rack Maiden	girl employed in the tin mines of Cornwall to dress the ore
Raff Merchant	seller of fiber used to make raffia bags etc
Raffman	dealt in raff (saleable rubbish)
Rag and Bone Man	went from street to street with a cart and collected any old rubbish
Rag Cutter	cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making paper etc
Rag Gatherers	employed to clear the rags from the machinery in the mills
Rag Man	went from street to street collecting and selling old clothes and rags
Rag Picker	sorted through the left over rags to find reusable ones
Rail Stran'er	iron industry worker
Raker	street sanitation worker
Ratoner	rat catcher
Rattlewatch	town watchman
Reckoner	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Rectifier	distilled alcoholic spirits
Redar	interpreter of dreams
Reddsman	employed in maintaining mine haulage ways
Redesman	employed in maintaining mine haulage ways
Redsman	employed in maintaining mine haulage ways
Redsmith	goldsmith
Reeder	worked with reeds for hedging or thatching
Reedmaker	made the pipe for a musical instrument; made a weavers implement (a reed), reed cloth or the comb used in tapestry
Reeler	operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin
Reeve	church warden
Reever	shriever
Refiners	worked in the tinplate manufacturing and iron industries
Registrar	official who registers events such as land purchases or births
Relieving Officer	organized parish relief; acted as a Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Renovator	repaired clothing
Revenuer	federal officer enforcing the law against illegal manufacturing of whisky
Rickmaster	captain of horse
Riddler	wool stapler
Riding officers	customs officers on horseback set up on the coast in 1688 to prevent smuggling
Riftere	reaper
Rigger	hoist tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging
Ripper	seller of fish; maker and seller of baskets; miners who 'ripped' away the roof and floor of a seam in a mine to allow sufficient height to bring horses up to the coal face
Rippier	seller of fish; maker and seller of baskets
Riser	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Riverman	worker on a river boat
Roadman	coal mine worker who maintained the condition of the main underground roadways
Rockgetter	rock salt miner
Rockman	worked in a quarry usually placing the charges on the rock face
Rodman	surveyor's assistant
Roll Turner	carder of wool, cotton etc into rolls prior to spinning
Roller	iron industry worker
Roller Cover	covered the rollers for the spinning process
Rollerman	in a Tin Plate Works - inserted the red hot sheets into the rolls - team captain.
Rolleyway Man	maintained the underground road in the mines
Roman Cementer	worked with roman cement used in stuccoing
Roper	maker of rope or nets
Rotarius	wheelwright
Rover	archer or operator of a machine used in cotton mills which prepared the carded fibre into rolls
Rower	builder of (small) wagon wheels
Rubbers	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Rubbisher	sorted the small stones in the quarries
Rubbler	sorted the small stones in the quarries
Rugman	dealer in rugs
Runner	smuggler; messenger; worked for the magistrate - best remembered as Bow Street Runners
Rustler	cattle thief
Saddle Tree Maker	made the frames for saddles that the saddler used
Saddler	maker and repairer of saddles and bridles
Safernman	grower of saffron
Saggar Maker	made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware was placed ready for firing
Sagger Maker	made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware was placed ready for firing
Saloonist	saloon keeper
Salt Boiler	obtained salt by boiling water
Salter	made or dealt in salt
Samite	maker of a kind of heavy silk stuff
Samitere	maker of a kind of heavy silk stuff
Sand Hog	dug the tunnel under the river
Sandesman	ambassador or messenger
Sandwichman	wears a sandwich billboard for advertising
Sarcinet Weaver	silk weaver
Saucer	made or dealt in salt
Sauntere	salt maker
Sausere	salter
Savant	servant
Sawbones	physician
Sawbones	physician
Sawyer	saws; carpenter
Say Weaver	made Say, material used for table cloths or bedding
Scabbler	uses a scabbler (pick) to trim the sides of a tunnel
Scagiola Maker	made imitation marble
Scaleraker	employed by the parish to clean the streets
Scappler	roughly shaped the stone prior to being finished by the stonemason
Scavelman	employed to keep the waterways and ditches clear
Scavenger	employed by the parish to clean the streets
Schrimpschonger	artisan who carves in bone, ivory, or wood
Schumacker	shoemaker; cobbler
Scotch Draper	sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments
Scotchman	sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments
Scourers	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Screener	screened the ore at the mines surface
Scribbler	employed in a scibbling mill where the wool was roughly carded before spinning
Scribe	clerk
Scriber	employed at the docks to mark the cotton bales with the approximate weight ready for selling by the brokers
Scribler	minor or worthless author
Scrimer	fencing master
Scripture Reader	employed by the local clergy to go from house to house reading parts of the bible to try and encourage people to attend church, also read scriptures during some services
Scrivener	professional or public copyist or writer; wrote out legal documents etc; notary public
Scrutineer	election judge
Scullery Maid	female servant who performed all the menial tasks
Scullion	male servant who performed all the menial tasks
Scutcher	beat the flax to soften the straw in the bundles
Seal Presser	employed in the glass industry to seal the bath against air intake which could spoil the finished surface
Searcher	customs man
Secret Springer	made watch springs
Sedgeman	skilled workman who applied sedge (type of grass) which was used as an early roofing material
Seedsman	sower of seeds
Seinter	girdle maker
Seler	sadder
Self Acting Minder	in charge of the automatic spinning mule in the mills
Sellarius	sadder
Semi Lorer	maker of leather thongs
Sempster	seamstress
Seneschal	senior steward at the Manor
Serviens	sergeant
Servus	servant
Sevier	sieve-maker
Sewer	tailor or shoemaker
Sewer Hunter	scavenger who concentrated on the sewers trying to find valuable objects
Sewer Rat	bricklayer who specialized in making and repairing sewers and tunnels
Sewing Clerk	collector of clothing piecework
Sewster	seamstress
Sexton	cared for and kept up church property; rang bells; dug graves
Shagreen Case Maker	worked with shagreen leather
Shanty Man	lumberman
Sharecropper	tenant farmer who would be paid with part of the crop
Sharman	raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth
Shearer	removed the fleece from sheep
Sheargrinder	sharpened shears, scissors
Shearman	raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth
Shearman	shearer of cloth, metal
Shearman	made worsted
Sheath Maker	made scabbards for swords
Sheepman	sheep herder
Shepster	dressmaker
Sherman	raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth
Sherman	shearer of cloth, metal
Shether	sheather; scabbard maker
Shifter	miner paid day rate per shift, usually on repair work
Shingler	roof tiler who used wooden tiles (shingles); employed in Iron Works
Ship Husband	repairer of ships while in harbor
Ship Master	owner or captain of a ship
Shipwright	constructor or repairer or ships
Shoe Finder	seller of shoe maker's tools
Shoe Wiper	servant who polished shoes
Shoesmith	cobbler; shoed horses
Shop Joyner	housewright
Shopjoiner	housewright
Shot Firer	in charge of blasting in mines or quarries
Shrager	trimmed and pruned trees
Shrieve	sheriff
Shuffler	yardman on the farms
Shunter	moved rolling stock around the railway yards
Shuster	shoe maker
Shuttle Maker	made the shuttles for the weaving mills
Sickleman	reaper
Sidesman	assisted the churchwarden
Sifker	sieve maker
Silk Dresser	prepared the silk for weaving
Silk Engine Turner	turned the wheel on automatic silk weaving looms
Silk Mercer	sold silk cloth and items made from silk
Silk Thrower	worker in the silk industry
Silk Twister	silk spinner
Silker	sewed the ends of the fabric to prevent the layers from separating
Silkmaker Spinster	female spinner
Silkmaker Throster	male spinner
Silversmith	worked with silver
Simpler	agriculturist that we would call herbalist today
Sissor	tailor
Sizer	applies size to textiles
Skeiner Maker	made wheels used in spinning industry upon which yarn was wound
Skelper	made and sold beehives
Skepper	made and sold beehives
Skinker	tapster in an ale house
Skinner	dealer in hides, mule driver
Skipmaker	made the skips used in mining and quarrying for moving men or materials to the surface
Skipper	master of a ship
Slaper	worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter
Slapper	worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter
Slater	roofer
Slatter	tiled roofs with slate; tiler
Slaymaker	maker of reeds or slays (instruments to part threads in weaving) for looms
Sleymaker	maker of reeds or slays (instruments to part threads in weaving) for looms
Slopseller	seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
Slubber	operated the machine used to prepare cotton for spinning
Slubber Doffer	removed the bobbins from the spindles in the mills
Smackman	worked on a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing
Smallware Maker	made smallware, e.g. tapes, braids etc
Smelter	worker in a metal smelter, smelt fisherman
Smiddy	smith
Smith	metal worker
Smugsmith	smuggler
Snapper	worker in glass factory who placed molded bottle (by neck) into furnace hole
Snob	shoe repairman
Snobscat	shoe repairman
Snuffer Maker	made the candle snuffer
Soap Boiler	soap maker
Sojourner Clothier	traveling clothes salesman
Solicitor	lawyer
Soper	soap maker
Sorter	tailor
Souter	shoe maker
Soyor	sawyer
Spallier	tin worker who performs chiefly menial tasks
Special Constable	man chosen by magistrates to help them keep law and order
Sperviter	keeper of sparrows
Spicer	grocer
Spinner	spins yarn
Spinster	woman who spins; an unmarried woman
Spittleman	hospital attendant
Splitter	operated a splitting machine; split things by hand, e.g. stone, timber etc
Spooner	made spoons
Spragger	inserts a piece of wood (sprag) between the wheels of a lorry (truck) to bring it to a standstill
Spurrer	maker of spurs
Spurrier	maker of spurs
Squarewright	carpenter, specifically a furniture maker
Squire	country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace; practitioner of a profession, a gentleman
Stabler	ostler
Stallman	keeper of a market stall
Stampman	worker of an ore crushing machine
Stasyon	probably a stationer
Stationer	bookseller, seller of paper & writing implements
Statist	politician
Staver	senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface
Stawsun	probably a stationer
Stay Maker	corset maker
Steeple Jacker	painted flag poles etc.
Steersman	ship's helmsman
Stenterer	operated the cloth finishing machine
Step Boy	employed to help passengers to enter or leave the coach
Stevedore	unloads and loads ships' cargoes
Stever	senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface
Steward	manager of property; purveyor of supplies; attended passengers on conveyance
Sticher	does decorative stitching
Stockinger	knitter, weaver, or dealer in stockings
Stoker	tends the fire of an engine boiler
Stokiner	maker or weaver of stockings
Stone Picker	employed to remove the stones from the farmers fields before planting
Stone Workers	worked with stone
Stonedresser	an itinerant worker who re-cut and sharpened millstones
Stoneman	surveyor of highways
Stonewarden	surveyor of highways
Storeman	responsible for stored goods
Stover	senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface
Stowyer	stowed the nets away on fishing boats
Stravaiger	vagrant
Straw Joiner	thatched roofs
Straw Plaiter	made straw braids for the hat industry
Streaker	prepared the body for burial
Street Boy	street cleaner
Street Orderly	street cleaner
Striker	blacksmiths helper; harpooned the whale; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Stringer	made the strings for bows
Stripper	employed in the woolen trade to remove the rubbish from the carding machines
Stuff Gown	junior barrister
Stuff Weaver	wove stuff (the coarse part of flax)
Stuffgownsman	junior barrister
Sucksmith	made ploughshares
Sugarer	dealer in sugar
Sumner	summoner or apparitor
Sumpter	porter
Supercargo	officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship
Sutler	merchant or peddler in an army camp
Swailer	miller or dealer in grain
Swain	herdsman
Sweep	chimneysweep
Swell Maker	made shallow baskets
Swineherder	pig keeper
Swineyard	pig keeper
Swingler	beats flax to remove woody parts
Sword Cutler	sword maker