Ancestors' Unusual Occupations - 18th Oct 2011 11:19am
I recently did a Birkenhead census look-up for another member and one of the inhabitants was recorded as being a “Hotting Boy” (try googling that!) in the iron trade. A reasonable suggestion is that he was possibly the lad that heated up the rivets in a shipyard etc.
I have a great aunt who was a “Cart Owner/Night Soil Collector” in Birkenhead – emptying cesspits and privies for a living!
It set me to wondering what other unusual and long-forgotten occupations other members might have come across in their family history research.
I have a great aunt who was a “Cart Owner/Night Soil Collector” in Birkenhead – emptying cesspits and privies for a living!
It set me to wondering what other unusual and long-forgotten occupations other members might have come across in their family history research.