Lawyer Hurdle Maker????

[iluleah]

Just been doing some census research and was confused at the occupation I found "Lawyer Hurdle Maker" so having checked old occupations etc etc though I would ask the experts

...... then my brain clicked into gear and I realised it was not Lawyer Hurdle Maker but Sawyer Hurdle Maker being as in previous census he was a Wood Sawyer ... so thought I would share what a numpty I am instead  being as I have typed most of this

[Treetotal]

That did make me smile as early on in my research I mistook a Sawyer for a Lawyer too. So you are not the only numpty in the class  :
Carol

[dowdstree]

Me too I mistook Sawyer for Lawyer on a census record.

I knew from the address that there was no way a professional gentleman would be living in that particular street and it was a few hundred yards from a sawmill.

Still took a wee while for the penny to drop 

Dorrie

[tillypeg]

I've seen a few Tailors who should be Sailors, more bad handwriting.

[avm228]

I've seen a few Tailors who should be Sailors, more bad handwriting.

Usually the other way round - people read Sailor when it’s actually Tailor with an old-fashioned T.

Actual sailors are more usually entered as “mariner”

[dowdstree]

I have one which looks like Tailor on his death certificate but he was actually a Sailor.

Again down to the handwriting.

Dorrie

[Andrew Tarr]

Another easily confused pair is Farmer and Tanner.  My wife and her cousin each got a handwritten copy of the same certificate, with one Tanner and one Farmer.  In the end the cousin was granted access to the original record to make up his own mind.  Actually it wasn't difficult as the ancestor had been a tanner for a long time ....

[a chesters]

I have one family recorded in the census as Lawyer, when the family name is Sawyer, so some people appear to have difficulty deciphering S's and L's

AC

[tillypeg]

Another easily confused pair is Farmer and Tanner. 

and farmer and farrier.