This page contains all I know about the family of
DR. BYRON KILGORE SR.
of Indianapolis Indiana
(Born)2/13/1882--(Died)8/29/1959)
...up to
YEAR_2000 ...
published Tue, Jul 20, 1999, 10:16pm
by -------
Accomptant = Accountant
Almoner = Giver of charity to the needy
Amanuensis = Secretary or stenographer
Artificer = A soldier mechanic who does repairs
Bailie = Bailiff
Baxter = Baker
Bluestocking = Female writer
Boniface = Keeper of an inn
Brazier = One who works with brass
Brewster = Beer manufacturer
Brightsmith = Metal Worker
Burgonmaster = Mayor
Caulker = One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart
Chaisemaker = Carriage maker
Chandler = Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries
Chiffonnier = Wig maker
Clark = Clerk
Clerk = Clergyman, cleric
Clicker = The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked.
Cohen = Priest
Collier = Coal miner
Colporteur = Peddler of books
Cooper = One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.
Cordwainer = Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain
Costermonger = Peddler of fruits and vegetables
Crocker = Potter
Crowner = Coroner
Currier = One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease
Docker Stevedore = dock worker who loads and unloads cargo
Dowser = One who finds water using a rod or witching stick
Draper = A dealer in dry goods
Drayman = One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads
Dresser = A surgeon's assistant in a hospital
Drover = One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle
Duffer = Peddler
Factor Agent = commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate
Farrier = A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
Faulkner = Falconer
Fell monger = One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making
Fletcher = One who made bows and arrows
Fuller = One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth
Gaoler = A keeper of the goal, a jailer
Glazier = Window glassman
Hacker = Maker of hoes
Hatcheler = One who combed out or carded flax
Haymonger = Dealer in hay
Hayward = Keeper of fences
Higgler Itinerant peddler
Hillier = Roof tiler
Hind = A farm laborer
Holster = A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn
Hooker = Reaper
Hooper = One who made hoops for casks and barrels
Huckster = sells small wares
Husbandman = A farmer who cultivated the land
Jagger = Fish peddler
Journeyman = One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day
Joyner / Joiner = A skilled carpenter
Keeler = Bargeman
Kempster = Wool comber
Lardner = Keeper of the cupboard
Lavender = Washer woman
Lederer = Leather maker
Leech = Physician
Longshoreman = Stevedore
Lormer = Maker of horse gear
Malender = Farmer
Maltster = Brewer
Manciple = A steward
Mason = Bricklayer
Mintmaster = One who issued local currency
Monger = Seller of goods (ale, fish)
Muleskinner = Teamster
Neatherder = Herds cows
Ordinary Keeper = Innkeeper with fixed prices
Pattern Maker = A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end
Peregrinator = Itinerant wanderer
Peruker = A wig maker
Pettifogger = A shyster lawyer
Pigman = Crockery dealer
Plumber = One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows.
Porter = Door keeper
Puddler = Wrought iron worker
Quarrier = Quarry worker
Rigger = Hoist tackle worker
Ripper = Seller of fish
Roper = Maker of rope or nets
Saddler = One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses
Sawbones = Physician
Sawyer = One who saws; carpenter
Schumacker = Shoemaker
Scribler = A minor or worthless author
Scrivener = Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public
Scrutiner = Election judge
Shrieve = Sheriff
Slater = Roofer
Slopseller = Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
Snobscat / Snob = One who repaired shoes
Sorter = Tailor
Spinster = A woman who spins or an unmarried woman
Spurrer = Maker of spurs
Squire = Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
Stuff gown = Junior barrister
Stuff gownsman = Junior barrister
Supercargo = Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship.
Tanner = One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather
Tapley = One who puts the tap in an ale cask
Tasker = Reaper
Teamster = One who drives a team for hauling
Thatcher = Roofer
Tide waiter = Customs inspector
Tinker = An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
Tipstaff = Policeman
Travers = Toll bridge collection
Tucker = Cleaner of cloth goods
Turner = A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles
Victualer = A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food
Vulcan = Blacksmith
Wagoner = Teamster not for hire
Wainwright = Wagon maker
Waiter = Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in
Waterman = Boatman who plies for hire
Webster = Operator of looms
Wharfinger = Owner of a wharf
Wheelwright = one who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc.
Whitesmith Tinsmith =worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work
Whitewing = Street sweeper
Whitster =Bleach of cloth
Wright Workman = especially a construction worker
Yeoman = Farmer who owns his own land