Pike County Missouri - Olde Occupations

Faber	artisan; workman; smith
Fabricator	maker
Factor Agent	merchant for commission (or factor); attorney (not in the modern US sense); transacts business for another (usually absent); Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate
Fagetter	made up faggots into bundles, seller of firewood
Faker	photographic assistant who added color to photographs by hand before color film was available
Falconer	breeds, trains, or hunts with hawks
Falkner	keeper/trainer of falcons
Fancy Man	pimp
Fancy Woman	prostitute
Fancy-Pearl Worker	worked in mother-of-pearl making buttons or fancy goods
Fanner	grain winnower
Fanwright	maker and repairer of fans or winnowing baskets
Farandman	traveling merchant
Farmer	often descendant of the gentry and noble classes having servants and farm workers; tax-collector or bailiff
Farrier	horse shoer or blacksmith
Faulkner	falconer
Fawkner	trainer of falcons
Fear-Nothing Maker	weaver of fear-naught (thick woolen cloth) used for protective clothing and lining portholes, walls, and doors of powder magazines on board ships.
Feather Beater	cleanser of feathers
Feather Dresser	cleaned and prepared feathers for sale
Feather Driver	cleanser of feathers
Featherman	dealer in feathers and plumes
Feather-Wife	woman who prepared feathers for use
Feeder	herdsman
Fell monger	remover of hair or wool from hides in leather making
Feller	woodcutter
Felon	someone who commits a serious crime such as murder
Felter	worker in the hatting industry
Fence Viewer	inspects farmer's fences
Ferator	farrier or blacksmith
Feroner	ironmonger
Ferreter	dealer in or manufacturer of ferret, ie. silk tape
Ferrour	horse shoer or blacksmith
Ferur	farrier or blacksmith
Fettler	cleaned the machinery in woolen mills; sharpened the fustian cutters knives; needle maker who filed the needle to a point
Feuar	holder of lands granted for services
Fever	blacksmith
Fewster	maker of saddletrees
Fewterer	keeper of hounds for hunting or coursing
Fiddler	used a fiddle (small knife) to remove the flashing from cast clay forms
File Cutter	maker of files, involved the cutting of grooves on the file surface
Filibuster	American mercenaries in South America; gun runners
Filler	filled bobbins in mills; iron industry worker
Fine Drawer	employed in tailoring to repair tears in the cloth (invisible mending)
Finer	employed in Iron Works
Finerman	worked in the part of an ironworks or tinworks called a Finery
Finisher	operated machine giving final touches to a manufactured article in various trades
Firebeater	tended the boilers that powered the machinery in a cotton mill
Fireman	inspected for, and removed explosive gasses underground in mining; stoked the boilers on ships and locomotives
First Hand	silk weaver who had his own loom (an outworker)
Fiscere	fisherman
Fish Fag	female fish monger
Fishdryver	victualler
Fisher	victualler
Fitter	coal broker; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Flasher	specialist process worker in the glass industry
Flatman	navigated a flat (a broad flat-bottomed boat used for transport) in shallow waters
Flauner	confectioner
Flaxdresser	prepared flax prior to spinning
Flesher	butcher; tannery worker
Fleshewer	butcher
Fleshmonger	butcher; tannery worker
Fletcher	made bows and arrows
Floater	vagrant; regulated the year-round workings of the watermeadows
Floatman	navigated a flat (a broad flat-bottomed boat used for transport) in shallow waters
Flusherman	cleaned out water mains
Flycoachman	driver of one-horse carriage hired by the day
Flying Stationer	street broadsheet seller
Flyman	driver of a light vehicle hired out for carriage of passenger; theatre stage hand
Fogger	peddler; low class lawyer
Fogler	keeper or catcher of birds
Foister	joiner
Foisterer	joiner
Foot Maiden	female servant
Foot Man	servant who ran errands
Foot Pad	robber
Foot Straightener	assembled watch and clock dials in watch making
Foot-Post	letter carrier or messenger who traveled on foot
Forestarius	forester
Forester	game warden or forest ranger
Forgeman	blacksmith or assistant
Forger	blacksmith, worker at a forge
Fossetmaker	made faucets for ale-casks, etc
Founder	iron industry worker
Fower	street cleaner, sweeper
Fowler	keeper or catcher of birds
Frame Spinner	worker on a loom
Framer	farmer; frames houses
Framework Knitter	operator of machine which made hosiery
Freedman	released from slavery
Freemason	stonecutter
French Polisher	polish wood by hand using French polish, wax or lacquer
Frereman	servant of the Friars
Freser	maker of frieze, a rough plaster
Freshwater Man	sailed boat on fresh water only or in the coastal trade
Fripperer	buyer & seller of old clothes
Friseur	hair dresser
Frobisher	remover of rust, a polisher of metal
Fruiterer	fruit seller
Fruitestere	female fruit seller
Fugler	keeper or catcher of birds
Fulker	pawnbroker
Fuller	fulls cloth; shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; cleans and finishes cloth.
Funambulist	tightrope walker
Furber	remover of rust, a polisher of metal
Furbisher	remover of rust, a polisher of metal
Furbour	remover of rust, a polisher of metal
Furnaceman	heated the sheets in a Tin Plate Works
Furner	baker
Furrier	seller or maker of furs
Fustian Weaver	maker of corduroy
Gabeler	tax collector
Gaffer	foreman of a work crew in glass factory - smoothed, reheated the neck of and formed lip on a bottle
Gaffman	a bailiff
Gager	tax collector of liquor taxes
Galvaniser	iron worker who handled process of coating metal with zinc, to inhibit formation of rust
Gamester	gambler or prostitute
Ganger	overseer or foreman from 1850 onwards
Gangsman	foreman
Ganneker	tavern keeper
Gaoler	keeper of the goal, a jailer
Garcifer	groom; attendant
Garcio	groom; attendant
Garlekmonger	garlicmonger; dealer in garlic
Garthman	owner or worker of a fish trap
Gas Manager	foreman position in charge of checking for poisonous gas in coal mine shafts
Gater	watchman
Gatherer	glassworker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the blower
Gatherer's Boy	held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat
Gatward	goat keeper
Gauger	customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty
Gaunter	glover
Gaveller	userer; (Forest of Dean) officer of the Crown who granted gales or the right to work a mine; (Suffolk) harvest worker, usually female
Gelder	castrated farm animals
Geometer	skilled in geometry
Gerund Grinder	Latin instructor
Getter	produced coal at the coal face
Gilder	applies gold leaf
Gimler	machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card
Ginerr	joiner
Ginour	engineer
Girdler	leather worker who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army
Glass Coachman	driver of two-horse carriage hired out for the day
Glassewryght	glasswright; maker and mender of glassware
Glazier	glass cutter or window classman
Glimmerman	(Dublin) turned out/down the gas street-lights; warned people to turn out lights for blackouts during bombing raids
Glover	dealer or maker of gloves
Goat Carriage Man	driver of small passenger carriage
Gobar	jobber
Goldsmith	maker of gold articles, banker
Goose Herd	tends geese
Gorzeman	seller of gorse or broom
Grace Wife	midwife
Graffer	notary or scrivener
Grainer	painted wood to make it look like great and exotic woods
Granger	farmer
Graver	carver or sculptor, engraver of images; dockside worker who cleaned ship bottoms by burning and tarring
Grazier	pastures and raises cattle
Grease Boys	worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry
Greave	bailiff, foreman, sheriff
Grecher	grocer
Green Grocer	fruit and vegetable seller
Green Smith	worker in copper or latten
Grieve	bailiff, foreman, sheriff
Grimbribber	lawyer
Groover	miner
Groundsel & Chickweed Seller	street seller of common weeds used to feed pet songbirds
Guilderer	maker of gold or silver coins
Guinea Pig	an unattached, or roving person whose fee was usually a guinea
Gummer	improved old saws by deepening the cuts
Gutta-Percha Manufacturer	makes a tough plastic substance derived from latex and percha scrap used especially as insulation and in dentistry
Gynour	engineer
Gyp	college servant especially one attending undergraduates
Gyrrwr	a subordinate to a cattle/sheep drover.