Occupation......?

[Jen~Ealogy]

Can someone tell me what a Sawyer did please? Would it have been connected to carpentry?

[Elaine ..Spain]

From the Old Occupations site:
Sawyer = Timber mill/pit worker, sawing timber

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/s.html

[Jen~Ealogy]

Thank you Elaine....sounds like a very boring job. (No pun intended as no drill/bore was used! lol!)

[Guest]

I found one of them in my tree the other day .

[Darksecretz]

Alternately, you could look in our Big Book?

http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/45-Big-Book-S

[Uncle John]

Thank you Elaine....sounds like a very boring job. (No pun intended as no drill/bore was used! lol!)

For some it wasn't a very healthy job either. In the days before engine-driven circular saws, logs were sawn into planks in a saw-pit. There were two men, one each end of a very long saw. "Top dog" stood above the log and "bottom dog" was in the saw-pit, in a cloud of saw-dust.

[Uncle John]

I found one of them in my tree the other day .

Just so long as he didn't stand on the branch he was sawing.

[Anne in Carlisle]

I have several sawyers in my tree. They lived into their 70s and 80s so I guess they must have managed to be 'on top' quite soon in their working life.

Anne

[WendyPusey]

Here's a picture of some at Blackgang Saw Mill.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackgang_Chine_model_sawyers.jpg

[Jen~Ealogy]

Thank you everyone, and for the pic Wendy. UJ......your wit knows no bounds! lol!