Genealogy Chat

Well that's put me right. I've one who is a joiner and, as he pops up all over the place, I'd assumed it meant a travelling 'whatever' who went where the work was available. Thanks for the question and thanks for the answers. Bill

Thanks Merry for your answer about a B Shoemaker. Julia

I have a bricklayer (journeyman), so I guess it covers a lot of travelling jobs. Lou

Hope you find it Pam.......Unusual name isn't it Journeyman? Would never have guessed what it was without this lot helping.

Hello, So frustrating as I have a 'something' journeyman but cannot work out what is says!!!! Waiting for another certificate to see if written any clearer on that one. Pam

What a lot of knowledge out here, Thank you.........

A ''B Shoemaker'' if it's written on the census, will refer to Boot. All shoemakers were subsequently catagorised as Bootmakers for the purposes of Government statistics. Merry

Thanks for the answer, as I have been wondering the same too. I have a Journeyman Shoemaker and a B Shoemaker, whatever that is. Julia

Thanks Sam . I have shoe makers...........

It could be anything. Here is the definition of journeyman: 'Journeyman A man who served his apprenticeship in a trade and worked as a fully qualified employee. The term originated in the regulations of the medieval trade guilds; it derives from the French journée (‘a day’) because journeymen were paid daily. Each guild normally recognized three grades of worker – apprentices, journeymen, and masters. As a qualified tradesman, a journeyman might have become a master with his own business but most remained employees ___ I have journeymen in my family, some were plasterers and some were shoemakers, amongst otherthings. Sam x

Thank you Cas..........Now I know....will add that in....

Got one of these, what is the occupation?