Some of the more unusual occupations I’ve come across in my family tree:
- Bricklayer (Mary Jackson)
- Higgler (Samuel Burchett)
- Straw Platter [sic] (Emma Camp)
- one of his Ma[jes]t[ie]s most honorable Privy Councell (Sir Julius Ceaser)
- Tinman (Charles Vie)
- Chicken Gatherer (Caleb Collins)
- Dentist & Aeronaut (Henry Tracey Coxwell)
- vnprofytable servant of god (Jhon Howsden)
