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13 March 2007

Unusual occupations found in census records

We've searched through the census records and found some very unusual occupations which have cropped up over the decades. Some may very well be transcription errors or that the enumerator misheard. Either way they make for interesting reading.

• Ale Wife
• Alley Girl
• Allsorts Stripper
• Ankle Beater
• Ashbank Fairy
• Baby Farmer
• Back Washer
• Belly Builder
• Bottom Knocker
• Butty
• Can Dodger
• Donkey Boy
• Donkey Maker
• Dribble
• Dripping Man
• Dung Boy
• Dustypoll
• Elephants Teeth Dealer
• Fang Manager
• Fat Lad
• Flasher
• Floater
• Fluttergrub
• Hocus Pocus Man
• Hooker
• Jack About
• Kisser
• Knacker
• Mondayman
• Monthly Nurse
• Morning Girl
• Mugger
• Necessary Woman
• Night Soilman
• Nipper
• Now Now
• Pigman
• Pit Brow Lass
• Pom Pom Man
• Potato Badger
• Punty Sticker
• Ransacker
• Slapper
• Stripper
• Tiring Boy
• Toe Rag
• Tweennie
• Up And Down Man

Why not search our census records yourself. Censuses available include those for 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1891.

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