Hi Elaine, I was delighted to read your message about old occupations. On my grandfather's marriage certificate (from Warrenpoint, NI) it lists his father as a pigman. I had found him later listesd in the Newburgh, NY city directory as owning a crockery shop. I wasn't sure if this was the same family, now I know. Thank you. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <elaine@cyberhouse.org> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:25 PM Subject: [Irish-American] Old Occupations > Listers, > Here is an interesting website that I just found. It is long so you will probably need to copy and paste the URL. > > I just learned that a "snob" is a person who repairs shoes and all this time I thought it was a snooty rich person <G>. > I didn't know that my poor Irish gr grandfather was a snob!!! Some of these are familiar but others are very different from > what you would think. Example: Pigman - No, it is not a hog farmer. It is a person who deals with crockery, now what does that > have to do with pigs!!! > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~msharp/occupations.htm?rc=locale%7e&us=0&o_xid=0022468880&o_lid=0022468880&o_xt=22478094 > > > > > > > All incoming and outgoing messages scanned by Norton Anti Virus Software. > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >

Hi Dorothy, I am so glad that website helped you. I love to find things like that. It is now on my favorites list. I had another interesting one with old medical terms but it is on my old computer and I haven't figured out how to transfer the whole favorites list to the new one. I am still getting used to the new computer and a transfer from years of using Windows 98 to the new Windows XP. I had never heard my great grandfather's occupation called a "snob" before. In all the Philadelphia City Directories in which I have found him listed he is either a shoemaker, or repairs shoes, or a dealer in shoes. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Yereance" <dorothy8@optonline.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Old Occupations > Hi Elaine, > I was delighted to read your message about old occupations. On my > grandfather's marriage certificate (from Warrenpoint, NI) it lists his > father as a pigman. I had found him later listesd in the Newburgh, NY city > directory as owning a crockery shop. I wasn't sure if this was the same > family, now I know. Thank you. > Dorothy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine" <elaine@cyberhouse.org> > To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:25 PM > Subject: [Irish-American] Old Occupations > > > > Listers, > > Here is an interesting website that I just found. It is long so you will > probably need to copy and paste the URL. > > > > I just learned that a "snob" is a person who repairs shoes and all this > time I thought it was a snooty rich person <G>. > > I didn't know that my poor Irish gr grandfather was a snob!!! Some of > these are familiar but others are very different from > > what you would think. Example: Pigman - No, it is not a hog farmer. > It is a person who deals with crockery, now what does that > > have to do with pigs!!! > > > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~msharp/occupations.htm?rc=locale%7e&us=0&o_xid=0022468880&o_lid=0022468880&o_xt=22478094 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All incoming and outgoing messages scanned by Norton Anti Virus Software. > > > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > >