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What did he do as a job?

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Katherine

Katherine Report 13 Feb 2006 11:42

Hi there everyone, I am hoping someone out there will know the answer to this. I have just found a relative on the 1861 census and it has his occupation as SAWYER. Can anyone help me out with what this occupation was? Thanks for your time

Unknown

Unknown Report 13 Feb 2006 11:43

Sawyer Timber mill/pit worker, sawing timber from this useful website, add it to your favourites: www.rmhh*co.uk/occup/ replace * with . nell

Jess Bow Bag

Jess Bow Bag Report 13 Feb 2006 11:44

woorked in a wood yard probably sawing/chopping wood

Katherine

Katherine Report 13 Feb 2006 11:47

Thanks for the info, so much easier than spending hours looking on the web for info!!!.

Unknown

Unknown Report 13 Feb 2006 11:48

Katherine You don't have to spend hours looking, you could just google 'sawyer definition' or use a dictionary. nell

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 13 Feb 2006 14:43

If you put, specifically, in the search box definition: [word] Google pulls up all the dictionary definitions of [word] it can find online for you. Christine

Merry

Merry Report 13 Feb 2006 14:52

Googling is really good, but not as nice and friendly as asking real people on here.....and if we didn't ask on here, I wouldn't know what a beaver blower did............................................................................................! Would I? Merry

Andrew

Andrew Report 13 Feb 2006 15:04

I wouldn't like to ask about beaver blowing on an American forum!

Macbev

Macbev Report 13 Feb 2006 15:26

Doesn't always have to be timber that they sawed. I have generations of stone sawyers in Wiltshire, from Christian Malford, Box and Corsham. Sometimes they graduated into being stone masons. Bev from Perth

Heather

Heather Report 13 Feb 2006 15:59

I still think my Marsh Looker was a good one.