Well, they've always gotten credit for the "world's oldest profession" : )) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Loreen Wells Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJ] OCCUPATIONS I think a lot more women worked those days than we think. Maybe they just didn't get much credit for it. Loreen Wells Carol Payne wrote: > Thank You David!! That sheds a whole new light on one of my ancestors.... > Her will refers to her as "Spinster", and I just thought it must have been a > "clerical error", because I knew she had been married. It just never > occurred to me that they would list the occupation of a woman... (at least > not back in the 1700's). > > You have no idea how much I appreciate your posting of that information. > Your efforts to help everyone are invaluable! Thank you! > > Carol in Oklahoma > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The world's oldest profession is apple picking Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray C" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [NJ] OCCUPATIONS > Well, they've always gotten credit for the "world's oldest profession" > : )) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Loreen Wells > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NJ] OCCUPATIONS > > I think a lot more women worked those days than we think. Maybe they > just didn't get much credit for it. > Loreen Wells > > Carol Payne wrote: >> Thank You David!! That sheds a whole new light on one of my >> ancestors.... >> Her will refers to her as "Spinster", and I just thought it must have >> been > a >> "clerical error", because I knew she had been married. It just never >> occurred to me that they would list the occupation of a woman... (at >> least >> not back in the 1700's). >> >> You have no idea how much I appreciate your posting of that information. >> Your efforts to help everyone are invaluable! Thank you! >> >> Carol in Oklahoma >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

List of occupations Interesting. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com:80/~rmbeckman/occupations.html