Unusual Occupations

[chiddicks]

We sometimes come across unusual occupations or some that have long since died out, what's the most unusual occupation you have discovered whilst researching your tree?

For me, it's the rather macabre "Rabbit Killer"

[manukarik]

For me it's onion peeler. I can't imagine having to do that all day, every day!

[chiddicks]

For me it's onion peeler. I can't imagine having to do that all day, every day!

You need these

[manukarik]

 

[Treetotal]

Mine is a female listed in 1901 as a female "Medium" and "Herbalist"
Carol

[Erato]

I like "farmerette" because, of course, a woman couldn't be a farmer even if what she was doing was running a farm.

[Viktoria]

Sagger maker’s bottom knocker!
In the pottery industry.
Viktoria.

[carol8353]

My great grandad (in Cheshire) was a Night Soil Labourer- he used to come along and shovel poo and take it away from houses.

One of his son's,my mum's uncle was a knocker upper.
He used to walk along street by street with a long pole and bang on each house's window in the early morning to wak people up.

[Treetotal]

Not one of mine but when I was helping a visitor to the Heritage Centre where I am a volunteer, the lady told me that one of her ancestors was a Rate Collector, she was taken aback to learn that the said ancestor was actually a Rat Catcher She wasn't impressed. 
Carol