Occupations
Alewife Woman who ran an alehouse
Baler Factory or mill worker who made up cloth into bales
Banksman Mine worker at pithead unloading coal from the cages
Baxter Baker
Beadle Parish official employed in church to usher and keep order
Bookmaker The "bookie" accepts gambling bets, traditionally on racing horses, dogs
Burgess Man listed as merchant or craftsman in a town burgh
Candler Maker or seller of candles
Carder Prepared wool for spinning by brushing with wire pads
Carter Worked with horse and cart on farms or in towns
Cautioner Person who stands surety for another, for example for the arrival of a groom on his marriage day
Charwoman Cleaning woman
Chirurgeon A surgeon
Cobbler Maker or repairer of shoes
Collier Coal miner, at the coal face
Cooper Maker of barrels and casks, often for distillers
Cordiner Maker of leather shoes and boots. From the French "cordonnier
Costermonger Street seller of apples, other fruit and vegetables
Currier Person curing or tanning hides
Dagmaker Maker of pistols
Diker/ Dyker Builder of dry stone walls
Dustman Uplifted street litter and domestic rubbish ( see 'scavenger' )
Farrier Blacksmith who shoes horses (also ferrier)
Flesher Butcher
Fletcher Maker of arrows, an arrowsmith
Gaberlunzie A beggar
Ganger Gangsman leading a gang or squad of men
Gangrel Vagrant or tramp
Haberdasher Seller of small clothing wares and sewing materials
Hammerman Metal worker, a smith
Hawker Pedlar, seller of small goods from door to door
Hewer Miner underground working the coal face
Hostler Person looking after horses at an inn
Hooper Maker of hoops for barrels
Indweller Inhabitant of a particular town or place
Jackman Attendant or man-at-arms, for a nobleman or landowner
Iron Moulder Iron foundry worker who poured molten iron from furnace into moulds
Japanner Applied black gloss lacquer to furniture
Journeyman Qualified tradesman, apprenticeship served
Leerie Another name for a lamplighter
Litster Dyer of cloth
Lorimer Maker of metal horse harnesses
Mason Stone cutter and layer
Ostler Hostler, person looking after horses at an inn
Sawbones Surgeon or physician
Sclater Slater, a roof tiler with slates
Scrivener Scribe employed to draft contracts, prepare accounts, etc
Scullery Maid Girl employed to scour pots, scrub stairs, empty and clean chamber pots etc
Servitor/Servitrix Household servant
Settmaker Cutter of stones, often granite, to make cobbled streets
Sprigger Embroiderer of fine lace and muslin
Stillman Worker in whisky distillery in charge of operating the copper still
Tanner Curer of animal hides to make leather
Tick maker Upholsterer
Topper A seamstress
Vintner Wine merchant
Wainwright Wagon maker
Whitesmith Worker in tin and light metals
Winder Textile mill worker who wound the thread on weaving looms
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Baler Factory or mill worker who made up cloth into bales
Banksman Mine worker at pithead unloading coal from the cages
Baxter Baker
Beadle Parish official employed in church to usher and keep order
Bookmaker The "bookie" accepts gambling bets, traditionally on racing horses, dogs
Burgess Man listed as merchant or craftsman in a town burgh
Candler Maker or seller of candles
Carder Prepared wool for spinning by brushing with wire pads
Carter Worked with horse and cart on farms or in towns
Cautioner Person who stands surety for another, for example for the arrival of a groom on his marriage day
Charwoman Cleaning woman
Chirurgeon A surgeon
Cobbler Maker or repairer of shoes
Collier Coal miner, at the coal face
Cooper Maker of barrels and casks, often for distillers
Cordiner Maker of leather shoes and boots. From the French "cordonnier
Costermonger Street seller of apples, other fruit and vegetables
Currier Person curing or tanning hides
Dagmaker Maker of pistols
Diker/ Dyker Builder of dry stone walls
Dustman Uplifted street litter and domestic rubbish ( see 'scavenger' )
Farrier Blacksmith who shoes horses (also ferrier)
Flesher Butcher
Fletcher Maker of arrows, an arrowsmith
Gaberlunzie A beggar
Ganger Gangsman leading a gang or squad of men
Gangrel Vagrant or tramp
Haberdasher Seller of small clothing wares and sewing materials
Hammerman Metal worker, a smith
Hawker Pedlar, seller of small goods from door to door
Hewer Miner underground working the coal face
Hostler Person looking after horses at an inn
Hooper Maker of hoops for barrels
Indweller Inhabitant of a particular town or place
Jackman Attendant or man-at-arms, for a nobleman or landowner
Iron Moulder Iron foundry worker who poured molten iron from furnace into moulds
Japanner Applied black gloss lacquer to furniture
Journeyman Qualified tradesman, apprenticeship served
Leerie Another name for a lamplighter
Litster Dyer of cloth
Lorimer Maker of metal horse harnesses
Mason Stone cutter and layer
Ostler Hostler, person looking after horses at an inn
Sawbones Surgeon or physician
Sclater Slater, a roof tiler with slates
Scrivener Scribe employed to draft contracts, prepare accounts, etc
Scullery Maid Girl employed to scour pots, scrub stairs, empty and clean chamber pots etc
Servitor/Servitrix Household servant
Settmaker Cutter of stones, often granite, to make cobbled streets
Sprigger Embroiderer of fine lace and muslin
Stillman Worker in whisky distillery in charge of operating the copper still
Tanner Curer of animal hides to make leather
Tick maker Upholsterer
Topper A seamstress
Vintner Wine merchant
Wainwright Wagon maker
Whitesmith Worker in tin and light metals
Winder Textile mill worker who wound the thread on weaving looms
More occupations: http://scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm