Pike County Missouri - Olde Occupations

Macon	mason
Macun	mason
Maderer	gathered and sold garlic
Maid	female domestic servant
Mail Guard	armed guard, frequently an ex-soldier, employed on the mail coach service
Maise Maker	made measures for weighing herring catch
Malemaker	maker of 'Males' or traveling bags
Malender	farmer
Malster	brewer, maker or seller of malts
Maltster	brewer, maker or seller of malts
Manciple	steward
Mangle Keeper	woman who offered use of the mangle for a fee
Mangler	works a mangle
Mango	slave dealer
Mantuamaker	dressmaker
Marbler	stained paper or other material, veined in imitation of marble
Marescallus	marshal
Marine	soldier serving on a ship
Mariner	sailor
Marshall	horse doctor or shoe smith
Marshman	paid by various landowners to look after marshlands and tend the animals put to graze there for the season
Marson	mason
Mashmaker	maker of the mash-vats or mashels used for mixing malt
Mason	bricklayer; stone carver/cutter
Master	one of three grades of skill recognized by the Guild of Crafts
Master Lumper	contractor of laborers at cheap rate of pay
Master Mariner	ship's captain
Master Shifter	in charge on repair shift
Master Weaver	someone who employs a number of weavers to supply him with woven cloth
Matchet Forger	knife maker
Mawer	mower
Mayer	physician
Mealman	dealer in meal or flour
Medicus	leech; doctor
Melder	corn miller
Melitia Man	someone who belongs to a group who were on stand by to take up arms to support a government
Mercator	merchant
Mercer	cloth seller
Meterer	poet
Midwife	experienced woman who assists in child birth
Milesman	railway worker who had a length of railway track to keep in good order
Miller	corn miller, cloth miller, saw miller
Milleress	miller's wife
Millers Carman	drove carrier to deliver the flour or seed to the customers
Millner	maker of women's' hats
Millow	miller
Millpeck	sharpener of mill stones
Millwright	designer & builder of mills or mill machinery
Milstone Inspector	vagrant, a gentleman of the road
Mintmaker	issuer of local currency
Mintmaster	issuer of local currency
Mixer	bartender
Mocado Weaver	weaver of woolen cloth used for making clothes 16-17th century
Mold Boy	closed and held mold for glassblower, also weighed the bottles
Molendinarius	miller
Molitor	miller
Mondayman	worked for landowner on Mondays in lieu of rent
Monger	seller of goods (ale, fish)
Montebank	seller of ineffectual patent medicines
Monthly Nurse	assisted women during the first month after giving birth
Moulder	maker of molds or castings, brick maker
Mudlark	sewer cleaner, riverbank scavenger
Muffin Maker	made muffins
Muffin Man	itinerant seller of muffins
Muggler	pigman
Mugseller	seller of cups, mugs
Mule Minder	minded the spinning mules in the cotton mills
Muleskinner	teamster
Muleteer	mule driver
Multurer	miller
Muner	miller
Musicker	musician
Muslin Flowerer	tambouring muslin cloth for household use which would be called embroidery today
Muslin Sewer	tambouring muslin cloth for household use which would be called embroidery today
Mustarder	made and dealt in mustard
Mustardman	made and dealt in mustard
Nagelschiedmeister	master nailsmith
Nagsman	schools horses, usually for an employer
Nailor	nail maker
Nailora	maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving
Naperer	royal servant in charge of table linen
Napier	naperer
Narrow Weaver	weaver of ribbons, tapes, etc
Navigator	laborer employed to dig out a canal bed; (Railway) a laborer who built railway track, embankments, tunnels etc
Navvie	laborer employed to dig out a canal bed; (Railway) a laborer who built railway track, embankments, tunnels etc
Neatherder	cowherder
Necessary Woman	servant responsible for emptying and cleaning chamber pots
Necker	worker responsible for the feeding of cardboard into the machine the makes boxes
Nedder	needle-maker
Nedeller	needle maker
Netter	net maker
Nettir	knitter
Night Soilman	emptied cesspits, ash pits and backyard toilets
Nightman	emptied cesspits, ash pits and backyard toilets
Nightwalker	watchman or bellman
Nimgimmer	doctor
Nipper	lorry boy, assisted with the collection and delivery of goods
Noon Tender	guarded the goods on the quay while the officers were at lunch
Not Thatcher	wig maker
Noterer	notary
Occupier	tradesman
Oilman	sold the oil for lamps
Olitor	kitchen gardener (from Olitory-a kitchen garden)
Onsetter	hung corves (baskets) on rope at the pit-bottom; later - pushed tubs of coal into the mine-shaft cage
Openers	worked in tin plate works, invariably women, separated sheets that became stuck together
Orderly	soldier who functioned as a servant for an officer
Ordinary	innkeeper with fixed prices
Ordinary Keeper	innkeeper with fixed prices
Orrery Maker	made a mechanical apparatus for showing the movements of the planets
Orrice Weaver	designer of lace patterns to be woven with silk thread and silk
Osier Peeler	removed bark from willow rods or osiers which were used in basket weaving
Osler	bird-catcher
Osnard	herder of oxen
Ostiary	monastery door keeper
Ostler	groom who cared for horses
Ostler	(13th century) innkeeper/taverner; received guests especially in an monastery; stable boy; looked after the horses underground in a coal mine
Out Crier	auctioneer
Outdoor officer	basic grade of Customs officer
Outrider	mounted attendant riding before or behind a carriage
Outworker	worker who carried on their occupation at home
Overlooker	superintendent or overseer, especially in the textile mills
Overman	official below Undermanager but above Deputy in mining
Owler	sheep or wool smuggler
Oyster Dredger	member of the crew on board an oyster fishing boat
Pack Thread Spinner	operator of the machine which made thread or twine
Packer	packs goods such as pickles or herring; part of the tinplate process packed in a box for labeling and dispatch
Packman	itinerant peddler
Pad Maker	made small baskets used for measuring
Page	youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight or attendant upon someone of rank in the medieval period
Paintress	woman employed in the pottery industry to hand paint the finished articles
Paling Man	seller of eels
Palister	ensured the parks were safe and well kept
Palmer	a pilgrim; had been, or pretended to have been, to the Holy Land
Paneler	saddler
Pannarius	clothier and draper
Pannebeter	pan-hammerer, or perhaps clothdriver
Pannier Man	fish monger
Pannifex	worked in the cloth trade
Panter	keeper of the pantry
Pantler	butler
Paper Ruler	set up several inking pens in a machine designed to draw or ink lines on paper
Paper Stainer	made wallpaper
Paperer	inserted the needles into the paper ready for sale in the needle making trade
Parcheminer	parchment maker
Pardoner	licensed to sell Papal Indulgences
Parfumier	manufacturer and purveyor of scents such as perfumes, colognes and even incense
Pargeter	applied ornamental plaster to buildings
Paritor	church officer who attended the magistrates and justices at court for the purpose of executing their orders
Parker	park caretaker
Parochus	rector, pastor
Passage Keeper	kept passages and alleys clean
Pasteler	pastry chef
Pastor	shepherd
Patten Maker	clog maker; made wooden soles (patens) to fit under normal shoes
Patton Maker	clog maker; made wooden soles (patens) to fit under normal shoes
Paver	laid paving stones
Paviour	laid paving stones
Pavyler	put up pavilions or tents etc
Pedascule	schoolmaster
Peeler	policeman, constable, bobby; pepper-seller
Pelliparius	skinner
Peltarius	skinner
Pelterer	worked with animal skins
Perambulator	surveyor
Perchemear	made parchment
Peregrinator	itinerant wanderer
Perfumer	manufacturer and purveyor of scents such as perfumes, colognes and even incense
Peruker	wig maker
Perukmaker	wig maker
Pessoner	fish monger
Peterman	fisherman
Pettifogger	shyster lawyer
Petty Chapman	merchant, often itinerant
Petty Chapman	itinerant dealer in small goods, a peddler
Pewterer	made pewter utensils
Philosophical Instrument Maker	made scientific instruments
Phrenologist	diviner of a person's character based on the bumps on a person's head
Picker	cast the shuttle on a loom
Pictor	painter
Piecener	worked in a spinning mill, employed to piece together any threads which broke
Piecer	worked in a spinning mill, employed to piece together any threads which broke
Pigman	crockery dealer
Pikelet Maker	baker who specialized in making pikelets (a small pancake or crumpet)
Pikeman	miller's assistant
Piker	tramp or vagrant
Pilcher	maker of pilches
Piller	robber
Pilot	ship steersman
Pinder	dog catcher; keeper of the pound or pinfold
Piner	laborer
Pinner	pin maker
Pinner Up	dressmakers assistant; sold broadsheets or ballads in the streets
Pinsetter	manually set up bowling pins before the advent of automated pin setting machines
Piper	innkeeper
Pirn Winder	wound the yarn onto large wheel-like bobbins which were then ready to feed the looms in a cotton mill
Piscarius	fishmonger
Piscator	fisherman
Pistor	baker
Pit Brow Lass	female worker who worked on the surface of the mines
Pitman	coal miner
Plaicher	hedge layer
Plain Worker	performed plain sewing or needlework as opposed to an embroiderer
Plaiter	maker of straw plaits used in making hats etc
Planker	planks or kneads the body of the hat during felting
Plantifene	see avernator
Plasher	hedge layer
Plasterer	worked with roman cement used in stuccoing
Platcher	hedge layer
Platelayer	men who laid and maintained the railway tracks in Britain
Playderer	made plaid
Pleacher	hedge layer
Plomer	plumber
Ploughwright	makes or repairs ploughs/plows
Plowman	farmer
Plowwright	maker or repairer of plows
Plumassier	made or sold plumes, ornamental feathers
Plumber	applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows.
Plumbin Worker	plumber
Plumbum Worker	plumber
Plumer	made or sold plumes, ornamental feathers
Pointer	sharpened needles or pins or lace maker
Pointmaker	made the tips of laces; involved in leather tanning, curing, processing or manufacturing trades
Pointman	made the tips of laces; involved in leather tanning, curing, processing or manufacturing trades
Pointsman	railway worker who operated the points, used to change the line on which the train was traveling
Poldave Worker	made poldave, a coarse fabric
Poleman	surveyor's assistant
Polentier	poulterer
Poller	barber
Ponderator	inspector of weights and measures
Porcher	pig-keeper
Portable Soup Maker	converted soup into a dry form for transporting from place to place
Porter	door keeper
Porthmon	a drover of cattle/sheep
Post Boy	carried mail from town to town; guard who traveled on the mail coach; outrider who traveled with the stagecoach as a postillion
Poster	worked in the quarries breaking rocks
Postillion	attacher of extra horses to wagons & coaches to help them up hills
Pot Boy/Man	worked in public houses washing and removing dirty pots also did other menial tasks
Potato Badger	seller of potatoes
Potter	maker or seller of pottery
Potter Carrier	chemist or pharmacist
Potter Thrower	potter who used a wheel and therefore had to throw the clay
Pouchmakers	involved in leather tanning, curing, processing or manufacturing trades
Poulter	seller of poultry
Power Loom Tuner	maintained the loom in mills
Powler	barber
Preceptress	school mistress
Prediger	preacher
Prentis	apprentice
Preventive officer	officer of the water guard (Customs service)
Prick Louise	tailor
Pricker	used a type of wire brush to make small holes inside ceramic sewer pipe to prevent spalling during firing; witch hunter; pattern maker; horseman
Prig Napper	horse thief
Proctor	official of a university
Prop Bobby	worked in mines checking the pit props
Prothonary	law clerk
Publican	innkeeper
Puddler	wrought iron worker - worked clay into puddle then used to make things water tight
Pug Mill Operator	operated a machine for mixing clay and water, which then exuded a "pug" (a cylinder of clay of any diameter and indefinite length)
Puggaer	produce clay paste by treading
Puggard	thief
Pull-up Boy	employed in iron works - raised the furnace door by tugging at a chain
Pumpmaker	maker of canal locks
Punky	chimney sweep
Purefinder	old women and young girls who went about the streets gathering dog droppings which were used for tanning leather
Purser	ship's officer in charge of provisions & accounts
Putter In	put things into some form of mechanized process
Pynner	pin-maker