that doesn't mean anything- I am researching one family and it is surprizing how their occupations change- for example, a blacksmith could be a laborer . I found a new one today- a "sawyer," and I saw it twice so it wasn't a mispelling for lawyer. Everything on paper is notoriously questionable. I discovered people missing when they should have been there, also. What kind of occupation seems reasonable? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "N. Gabriele Harkey" <ngharkey@sbcglobal.net> To: <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR] Evergreen Cemetery >I looked, no sign of them there either. > I must have overlooked something somewhere..... > Maybe just too many Robt Walker's in the directories > but none had an occupation that made sense for this man. > > > Gabriele > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sue Maxwell > To: nynewyor@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:48 PM > Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR] Evergreen Cemetery > > > city directories > Jim Garrity, List Administrator > jimgarrity@earthlink.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A Sawyer is someone who works at a Saw Mill and cuts the trees into boards. It is a rather large saw either manual or electric. In early days it was manual blade with cutting teeth on both sides and required to people to do it. pic