In the video, various films taken in 1900-1901 display some of the grittier side of work in those days. You can see the impact of not having the best source quality, had on the neural networks’ ability to upscale and colorize the footage.
OBSCURE OLD ENGLISH CENSUS OCCUPATIONS
Below is a list of some of the more obscure occupations that you may find on the English Census during your genealogy research. The English census has been taken every 10 years since 1841 but, because they can not be viewed by the public for 100 years, we only have access to the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 census.
Because many of these jobs are no longer in existance there is a brief description against each one. Please note this list is by no means exhaustive and if you would like to add an obscure job to the list feel free to email us with your suggestion and its meaning.
PLEASE NOTE: This list has been checked and verified by ourselves (2012) and unlike some other websites that have a similar occupation list we have removed spurious occupations, added others and improved job description. We hope you find the updated information useful for your research.
ABECEDARIAN A teacher of the alphabet
ABLE SEAMAN An unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. Also an Able Seaman was (and is) a naval rank for the lowest but one sailor rank, the lower rank being Ordinary Seaman or Seaman. It indicated a qualified sailor with service.
ACATER A present day caterer. A person who supplied food provisions to various outlets
ACCOMPTANT An accountant
ACCOUCHEUR A professional obstetrician. Assisted women in childbirth. A male physician skilled in the art and science of managing obstetrics. pregnancy, labour and the time after delivery
ACCOUCHEUS A midwife
ACCOUTREMENT MAKER or ACCOUTRER Someone who supplied dress or trappings equipment - i.e. the equipment of a solider other than arms and uniform.
ACTOR A theatrical performer. Performed on stage to audiences. (In the past, only men could become actors. In the ancient and medieval world, it was considered disgraceful for a woman to go on the stage -a belief that continued up until the 17th century.)
ACTUARY An account keeper. An officer or a mercantile or insurance company. Skilled in statistics, especially on the expectancy of life and the average proportion of losses by fire and other accidents
ADMINISTRATOR (ADMINISTRATRIX - female) Someone who directed the affairs of another i.e. A man who manages an intestate estate.
ADVOCATE One who pleads a case for another. To defend. E.g. Solicitor, Barrister.
AERONAUT A Balloonist. In some countries a trapeze artist
AFFEEROR or AFFEERER An official who assesses the monetary penalty due
AGISTER A person who affords pasture to the livestock of others for a price. (e.g. cattle, pigs, sheep, ponies, horses) Can also refer to forest pasturage or herbage.
ALABASTERER A person works with alabaster
ALCHEMIST A medieval chemist who claimed to be able to turn base metals into gold
ALDERMAN A civic dignitary in the local council. Next in rank below the mayor
ALE DRAPER A seller of ale
ALE TASTER An appointed inspector/quality tester of ale and beer first recorded in London 1377. The forerunner of Weights & Measures Act
ALE TUNNER Someone employed by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale
ALE-CONNER or ALE FOUNDER An inspector of ale, who tested the quality and measure of ale served in public houses
ALE-HOUSE-KEEPER or ALEHOUSE KEEPER The landlord of a tavern / public house landlord (pub, Inn)
ALE-WIFE A woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern
ALMONER The person who distributed alms or charity to the poor on behalf of the parish
ALNAGER or ALNAGAR or AULNAGAR An officer in England formally appointed to inspect and measure woollen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
AMANUENSIS A Scribe or a person who takes down dictation. Secretary or stenographer or a manual labourer.
AMBER & JET CUTTER A person who cuts and polishes amber and jet for jewellery
AMBER CUTTER A person who cuts ambergris which is an ash coloured odorous substance used in perfumery.
ANCHORITE or ANCHORET (male) ANCHORESS or ANCRESS (female) Denotes a person who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic and focused life. As a result, anchorites are usually considered to be a type of religious hermit, although there are distinctions in their historical development and theology. Hermit or religious recluse
ANCHORSMITH A person who made anchors for boats and ships
ANGLE IRON SMITH A person who made angle iron i.e. flat iron bars bent at an angle
ANILEPMAN A sub-tenant on a smallholding
ANKLE BEATER A young person who helped to drive the cattle to market
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