I am bored, so............

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

What occupational surnames do you have on your tree?

Archer
Carpenter
Chandler
Cooper
Cutler
Farmer
Fletcher
Gardener
Goldsmith
King (lol does that count??!)
Knight (lol ditto!)
Miller
Ostler
Plowman
Smith
Taylor
Thatcher
Wainwright
Weaver

And none of them did the right job!

What about yours??

[Harrys mum]

Did you find Agatha???????????????????????????????

[Sue from Southend]

I was quite surprised to find only one - Butcher! Unless being a Bunney and a Chick count as occupations:D:D

[Lancashire Lass]

Mine in my tree

Cryer (I know different SP to the Town one)
King
Law
Lord
Monk
Smith
Taylor

None of there Occupations were after there surnames.

[Harrys mum]

I've got a Turner and a Batman...does Batman count???

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Oooh, I have Taylor too....I missed that one!

I was amazed to discover I don't have any Butchers on my tree. I have dozens of butchers! lol

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Did you find Agatha???????????????????????????????

Not in my tree, no! lol

[Bo the Bodger]

I've only got one:

Smith - and that's my OH

unless Drinkwater counts??

[Lyn A]

I've got:-
Baker, Bishop, Bowler, Bones (but no Surgeons!), Butcher, Butler. Carpenter, Carter, Cook, Cooper, Crook (several of them!!! LOL!), Cutler, Dean, Driver, Dyer, Fletcher, Foreman, Fryer, Hunter, King, Knight, Laird, Major, Mason, Miller, Purser, Sherriff, Skinner, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Weaver and Wright.
And not one of them followed the occupation that gave them their name.

[Vicky the Viking]

well, you did ask...

the rarer ones
Armorer/Armourer - yes, the original one (13/14th century) probably was; after that, in my line they were mostly yeoman farmers.
Chancellor - definitely not!

others- mostly I only know about 18th & 19th C, and none of those had the right job.
Barber
Butcher
Cooper
Fletcher
Glover
Mercer
Saddler
Smith LOL (tons of them!)
Taylor
Wright

can I have Harper too? no musical connection afaik

I've a lot there are/were Common - does that count

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Oh Merry - bored?? Dont you have any housework to do

*OMG, have I been demonised or something????????????

[Olde Crone Holden]

Oooh, I thought I didn't have any, but I have quite a few:

Barber, Butcher, Chandler, Cooper, Don,Fisher, Fletcher, Forrester,Glover, LEMAN (erm, the old fashioned polite word for a fancy woman!) Priest, Sherriff, Taylor, THUMPSTONE (they were millers for centuries) Turner, Ward, Warrener,Webster, Wight, Woodward, Wright.

OC

[Mary from Italy]

I have a lot more than I expected.

Abbott
Baker
Barber
Beggs (she didn’t )
Cartwright
Chamberlain
Chandler
Coleman
Cooper
Crew
Fletcher
Fryer
Hayward
Hind
Inman
King
Knight
Leadbeater
Mason
Miller
Nurse
Roper
Seneschal
Smith
Spencer
Taylor
Ward
Warden
Webster
Wright

None of them did those jobs, and like Merry, I have lots of butchers in my tree, but not a single Butcher. I also have hundreds of Inmans, but none of them were innkeepers.

I found a nice list of surnames based on occupations here:

Quodlibet: Many Surnames Reflect Old Occupations

[Olde Crone Holden]

Because my tree is predominantly Lancashire-based, most of the surnames in my tree are Lancashire place names, rather than occupational names.

There are also a few surnames which sound as if they OUGHT to be old occupations, such as Ollier (definitely Ollier, not Oliver) and Gleave.

I have very few patronymics, such as Johnson, Jackson etc.

OC

[Jessbowbag]

I haven't got any names like that at all!

The nearest I get is Charman- who was a char woman, she lived at Charlwood too.

[Rachel Scand]

Cook
Cooper
Driver
Hoar ? :o
King
Packer
Shoosmith
Smith

[Phoenix]

Baker
Baxtor
Carter
Clark
Cook
Cooper
Fisher
Glover
Goldsmith
Hedger
Miller
Page
Parsons
Porter
Salter
Smith
Taylor
Tucker
Wright


But I suspect that there are many I don't recognise: Jenner, Woodyard etc

[Phoenix]

NB Is anyone else seeing a medeavil village being populated before our eyes?

[Chris in Sussex]

Oh dear

The only ones I have that are ermm occupation related...

Hoares

** Update** I lied...Forgot my Smiths

[Elizabeth Herts]

I have more than I initially thought:

Baker
Barber
Brewer
Burgess
Chandler
Cook
Dexter
Fisher
Foreman
Milner
Nailer
Palmer
Paynter
Piper
Taylor
Walker