Occupations stated in advertisements or assumed from their content are listed in the field SOCC. “Implied” occupations are recorded to index vocational activities described in advertisements. An implied occupation is defined by an individual’s activity in a specific ad and therefore could change from ad to ad or in some instances not exist at all.
| PREFERRED TERM: | USE FOR: |
|---|---|
| ACCOUNTANT | book-keeper |
| ADMINISTRATOR | government servants including: clerk (Clerk of Inferior Court, Clerk of the Licenses, Clerk of the Market, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Prothonotary), secretary, commissioner, etc. |
| ADVERTISER | |
| AGENT | insurance dealer, land agent, shipping agent |
| APPRENTICE | |
| ARMOURER | |
| ARTIST | |
| ATTORNEY | barrister lawyer attorney at law notary public prosecutor |
| AUCTIONEER | |
| BAKER | |
| BANKER | |
| BARBER | |
| BLACKSMITH | |
| BOOKBINDER | |
| BRAZIER | |
| BREWER | |
| BRICKLAYER | |
| BROKER | ship broker |
| BUTCHER | “owner of a slaughterhouse” |
| CABINETMAKER | |
| CANDLE MAKER | tallow chandler |
| CARDER | |
| CARPENTER | |
| CARVER | stone carver, wood carver |
| CAULKER | |
| CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR |
clerk of vestry, church warden and all church officials except clergy |
| CLERGYMAN | priest, minister, reverend |
| CLOTHIER | |
| COACHMAN | cabman, stage driver |
| COMMISSARY | assistant commissary assistant commissary general commissary clerk commissary general commissariat officer naval storekeeper navy victualling officer quartermaster |
| CONFECTIONER | |
| CONSTABLE | |
| COOK | |
| COOPER | |
| COPPERSMITH | |
| COURT OFFICER | notary, coroner, provost marshal |
| CURER | meat-curer |
| CUTLER | |
| DENTIST | dental surgeon |
| DISTILLER | |
| DOCTOR | physician, surgeon, medical advisor, medical examiner |
| DRAYMAN | truckman |
| DRUGGIST | pharmacist |
| DYER | |
| ENGINEER | |
| ENGRAVER | |
| FARMER | |
| FARRIER | |
| FERRYMAN | |
| FISHERMAN | |
| FISHMONGER | |
| FOREMAN | overseer (in the labour sense) |
| FURRIER | |
| GARDENER | |
| GOLDSMITH | |
| GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL | officials who are not administrators |
| GOVERNOR | |
| GUNSMITH | |
| HABERDASHER | milliner |
| HABIT-MAKER | |
| HAIRDRESSER | |
| HOSTLER | groom |
| INNKEEPER | owner of “house of entertainment” boardinghouse keeper hotel keeper innholder tavern-keeper |
| IRONMONGER | |
| JEWELLER | |
| JOINER | |
| JUSTICE | chief justice judge justice of the peace justice of the sessions |
| LABOURER | country worker, farm labourer |
| LOCKSMITH | |
| MANUFACTURER | |
| MARINER | boatman, sailer, seaman |
| MASON | stone mason |
| MAYOR | |
| MERCER | |
| MERCHANT | bookseller commission merchant dealer dry goods merchant grocer shopkeeper stationer storekeeper trader vintner |
| MIDWIFE | |
| MILITARY OFFICER | |
| MILLER | |
| MINER | |
| MORTICIAN | undertaker |
| NURSE | nanny, nurser, nursery maid |
| PAINTER | gilder, glazer |
| PAWNBROKER | |
| PERFORMER | actress, actor, musician, singer |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | |
| PLUMBER | |
| POLITICIAN | governor, lieutenant-governor, elected representative |
| POSTMASTER | deputy postmaster |
| PUBLISHER | |
| QUARRYMAN | |
| RIGGER | |
| SADDLER | |
| SAILMAKER | |
| SEAMSTRESS | dressmaker |
| SERVANT | |
| SHERIFF | high sheriff |
| SHIP CAPTAIN | master of vessel |
| SHIP-CHANDLER | |
| SHIPWRIGHT | boatbuilder, shipbuilder |
| SHOEMAKER | bootmaker, cordwainer |
| SLAVE | |
| SOAP-BOILER | |
| SOLDIER | |
| SPINNER | |
| STATIONER | |
| STEVEDORE | |
| SURVEYOR | surveyor of highways, surveyor of His Majesty’s Woods |
| TAILOR | taylor, breeches-maker |
| TANNER | |
| TEACHER | |
| THEATRE-MANAGER | |
| TINSMITH | |
| TOBACCONIST | |
| UNDERWRITER | |
| UPHOLSTERER | |
| WAITER | |
| WATCHMAKER | |
| WEAVER | |
| WETNURSE | |
| WHARFINGER | |
| WHEELWRIGHT | |
| WIG-MAKER | |
| WRITER | author, playwright |
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