Pike County Missouri - Olde Occupations

Back Washer	employed to clean the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry
Backmaker	made "backs", vats, tubs, a Cooper
Backmann	baker
Backster	baker
Back'us Boy	kitchen servant
Badger	licensed pauper; corn miller or dealer; itinerant food trader
Badgy Fiddler	boy trumpeter in the military
Bagman	traveling salesman
Bagniokeeper	in charge of a bath house or brothel
Bailie	bailiff
Bailiff	officer of the sheriff; land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; (Scottish) a magistrate of the burgh; looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers
Bailiff	someone employed by a Court to seize the property of debtors
Baillee	officer of the sheriff; land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; (Scottish) a magistrate of the burgh; looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers
Baillie	officer of the sheriff; land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; (Scottish) a magistrate of the burgh; looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers
Bairman	pauper or beggar
Bal Maiden	female mine worker who worked on the surface
Baler	bales hay; in the mills bailed wool or cotton goods; archer most commonly a crossbowman
Ballard Master	in charge of loading the ballast into the hold of empty ships
Ballast Heaver	loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships
Baller or Baller Up	assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay; iron industry worker
Band Filer	metal worker in the gun making industry
Bandster	bound the wheat sheaves after harvest
Bang Beggar	officer of the parish who controlled the length of stay of any stranger to the parish
Banker	dug trenches and ditches placing the surplus earth in banks around the edge
Banksman	mining industry - in charge of the cages at the pit head (aka bank manager); gives instruction or assistance to driver; overseer at a mine pit
Bar Cutter	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Barber	barber/surgeon
Barber Surgeon	barber/surgeon
Bard	poet or minstrel
Bareman	pauper or beggar
Bareman	beggar or pauper
Barge Mate	naval officer
Bargee	worked on or owned and operated a barge
Bargeman	worked on or owned and operated a barge
Barilla Manufacturer	made barilla
Barkeeper	toll keeper
Barker	tanner
Bartoner	in charge of the monastic farm, aka barton
Basil Worker	worked with sheep and goat skins
Basketman	made baskets and furniture from wicker; person employed to empty the basket of coal being offloaded from the colliers into the barges
Bass	employed in dressing fiber or matting
Bast Dresser	employed in dressing fiber or matting
Bathing Machine Proprietor	owned and hired the changing huts used at the seaside in the by bathers
Batman	officers servant in the army
Batt Maker	made the wadding used in quilt and mattress making
Battledore Maker	made the beaters used on clothes carpets etc to remove the dust (later made the paddles used in washing machines)
Battre Out	sliced a short cylinder of clay (a bat) from a "pug" and threw it onto a mold shaped for the face of a ceramic plate
Bauer	farmer
Baxter	baker
Baxter	baker
Bayweaver	wove bay (a fine woollen fabric also known as baize)
Bead Piercer	employed to drill the holes in beads
Beadle	officer of the parish whose principle duty was to keep order, also was the town crier
Beadman	employed to pray for his employer, inhabitant of an almshouse / poorhouse / hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service
Beadsman	employed to pray for his employer, inhabitant of an almshouse / poorhouse / hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service
Beamer	winds the warp on the roller before putting it on the loom in the textile industry
Bearer	worked underground carrying the coal to the bottom of the pit shaft and placed it in the containers for uplifting to the surface
Beater	cleansed and thickened the cloth by treading it underwater with fullers earth (aka Fuller)
Beaver	made felt used in hat making
Beck	baker
Becker	baker
Bedel	officer of the parish whose principle duty was to keep order, also was the town crier
Bedell	officer of the parish whose principle duty was to keep order, also was the town crier
Bedesman	employed to pray for his employer, inhabitant of an almshouse / poorhouse / hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service
Bedman	sexton
Bedral	(Scottish) a minor church official
Bedwevere	made the webbing for bed frames; wove quilts
Beeskepmaker	made beehives
Beetler	operated a beetling machine, used in the textile trade for embossing fabric
Behinder	part of Tin Plate Works - caught the sheets behind the doublers and passed them back to the rollerman over the top roll
Belhoste	tavern keeper
Bell Hanger	installed bells in churches
Belleyetere	bellfounder
Bellfounder	made bells
Bellman	watchman or town crier; worked for the post office and collected letters for the mail coach by walking the streets and ringing a bell
Bellowfarmer	responsible for the care and maintenance of the church organ
Bellows Maker	made bellows used for organs or blacksmiths fires
Belly Builder	built and fitted the interiors of pianos
Belter	made bells
Bender	cut leather
Besom Maker	made brooms
Besswarden	appointed by the parish to look after its animals
Bever	beverage maker
Biddy	female servant usually of Irish stock
Bill Poster	put up notices, signs and advertisements
Billier	operated a Billy Roller, a machine used in the cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning
Billiter	made bells
Billyman	operated a Billy Roller, a machine used in the cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning
Binder	bound items, e.g., books, hats etc .
Bird Boy	scared away birds from crops
Bird Catcher	caught birds for selling
Birds Nest Seller	sold bird nests collected from the wild complete with eggs which were then hatched by domestic birds and sold as pets
Birlyman	(Scottish) a ground officer or parish arbiter
Black Borderer	made black edged stationery for funerals
Black Tray Maker	made Japanned trays
Blacking Maker	made polish for shoes
Blacksmith	shoes horses
Bladesmith	sword maker or knife maker
Blaxter	bleached cloth or paper pulp
Bleacher	bleached cloth or paper pulp
Blemmere	plumber
Blentonist	water diviner
Blindsman	employed by the Post Office to deal with incorrectly addressed letters and parcels
Block Maker	engraved the blocks used in the printing
Block Printer	printer who used wooden blocks for printing
Blockcutter	made wooden blocks used in the hat trade; laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid; made and cut the patterns into wooden blocks for textile printing
Blocker	made wooden blocks used in the hat trade; laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid; made and cut the patterns into wooden blocks for textile printing
Blocklayer	locks wheels of cinder wagons before they are tipped at cinder tip of blast furnace; fixes small blocks or wooden keys for tightening rails on tramways in coal mine;: lays surface tramways and roadways
Blockmaker	crafted pulleys
Bloodletter	used leeches for letting blood
Bloodman	used leeches for letting blood
Bloomer	produced iron from ore, a bloom smithy
Blower	glass blower; operated a "blowing machine" used to clean and separate fibers in the textile trade; operated the bellows at a blacksmiths
Blowfeeder	fed the fibers into a "blowing machine"
Bluestocking	female writer
Bluffer	innkeeper or landlord of a pub
Boarding Officer	inspected ships before entering port
Boardman	truant officer; tenant of manorial land who paid rent by maintaining the manor's table
Boardwright	made tables and chairs; aka carpenter
Boatman	worked on a boat, predominately on rivers and canals; boat repairer
Boatswain	ship's officer in charge of riggings & sails
Bobber	polished metals; helped to unload fishing boats
Bobbin Carrier	worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills
Bobbin Turner	made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving industry
Bobby	policeman usually of constable rank
Bodeys	made bodices for women's garments
Bodger	made wooden chair legs and spars
Body Maker	made bodices for women's garments
Boiler Plater	made rolled iron plate used to make boilers for steam engines etc
Boilermaker	worked with metal in any industrial setting
Boll	looked after power looms in the weaving industry
Bolter	sifted meal
Bondager	female worker on a farm who was bonded
Bondman	bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or trade
Bondsman	stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law
Bone Button Turner	made buttons using a lathe
Bone Lace Maker	made pillow lace
Bone Mould Turner	made the molds for button manufacturers
Bone Picker	collected rags and bones aka Rag and Bone Man
Bonesetter	set broken bones
Boniface	Innkeeper
Book Gilder	decorated books with gold leaf
Book Keeper	looked after the accounts for businesses
Bookholder	prompter in the theater
Bookman	student
Boonmaster	surveyor of roads with the responsibilities of maintaining and repairing the road
Boot Catcher	servant at inn who pulled off traveler's boots
Boot Closer	worked in the shoe trade stitching together all the parts of a shoe upper
Bootbinder	employed to operate the machines which bound footware
Boothman	corn merchant
Borler	made cheap coarse clothing
Borsholder	officer appointed by the manor or parish, constable. Bowyer - bowmaker
Botcher	tailor or cobbler
Bottiler	made leather containers for holding liquids
Bottle Boy	pharmacists assistant
Bottler	made leather containers for holding liquids
Bottom Knocker	sagger makers assistant in the pottery industry
Bottom Maker	molded the bottoms for saggers in the pottery industry
Bottomer	worked down the pits moving the ore etc to the bottom of the shaft for removal
Bowdler	worked with iron ore
Bower	made bows used in archery
Bowker	bleached yarn
Bowler	made bowls and dishes; made the rounded part of spoons before casting
Bowlman	dealer in crockery
Bowlminder	in charge of the vats used for washing raw wool before processing
Bowlwoman	dealer in crockery
Bowyer	made bows used in archery
Boxer	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Bozzler	parish constable
Brabener	weaver
Brachygrapher	shorthand writer
Braider	made cord by twisting threads or strips of leather
Brailler	made girdles
Brake(s)man	operated the winch at the pit head; operated the braking mechanism on trains and trams
Branding Boy	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Brasiler	dyer
Brazier	brass worker
Brewster	beer manufacturer
Brightsmith	metal Worker
Broderer	embroiderer
Broiderer	embroiderer
Broom Squire	broom maker
Broom-Dasher	dealer in brooms
Brotherer	embroiderer
Brow Girl	female employed at the pit head
Browderer	embroiderer
Brownsmith	copper or brass smith
Buck Washer	laundress
Buckle Tongue Maker	made the metal points that go in the holes of a belt
Buckler	made buckles
Bucklesmith	made buckles
Buckram Maker	worked with buckram (used in stiffening materials)
Buddleboy	employed to use and maintain the vats used in the lead and tin mines for washing the ore
Buddler	women and children who washed the ore at the copper mines
Buffalo Soldier	soldier serving in a black regiment in the US Army in the West
Bullocky	attended to the daily needs of cattle; lent a hand with general farm duties
Bullwhacker	oxen driver
Bumboat Man	met ships at anchor with goods for passengers and crew to purchase
Bummaree	middle man between the wholesaler and the retailer at the fish markets
Bummer	army deserter
Bundlers	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Bunter	female rag & bone collector
Bureler	made borel, a woollen cloth with a coarse feel
Burgess	represented a borough at official levels
Burgonmaster	mayor
Burl	cup-bearer
Burler	quality inspector for clothing
Burmaiden	chambermaid or lady-in-waiting
Burneman	carrier of barm or water for brewers
Burnisher	metal polisher
Burye Man	grave digger
Bushel Maker	cooper
Busheler	tailor's helper
Busker	hair dresser and also a street entertainer
Buss Maker	maker of guns
Butner	button maker
Butter Carver	made imprints in butter pats
Button Burnisher	button polisher
Butty	negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labor