Not sure but I remember this one from before David I think the shoe maker is exactly as is said is a maker of shoes only whereas a bootmaker makes a variety of styles of boots only. In my professions book it says that in medieval times the shoe seller, shoe maker and the leather cutters would be found on the same street either as individuals or as a team. Bootmaker for some reason is not shown but most of these people were known as Boot and Shoe maker, as later on they did both trades A School Monitor was like a prefect but he monitored the behaviour of the children under him or whatever he was in charge of, a lad who collected the milk each day in the school was known as a Milk Monitor! The title of Monitor was not exactly an official position but a rank that had been earned. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> To: "HampshireLife List" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Victorian occupation A couple of questions on 1881 census occupations, if I may. 1. Apart from the obvious, Is there a difference between a shoemaker and a bootmaker as listed in the census? 2. One of mine aged 16 is shown as "school monitor". A search of the census reveals many teenage "monitors" and "school monitors" so I must assume that this was an official position. Any information. Thank you David *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000736-2, 04/26/2007 Tested on: 4/27/2007 9:53:16 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com