An A to Z list of the Jobs of Gloucestershire Transported Convicts
(Not Just Stroud-water)
The World We Have Lost
Accountant, apothecary, ash-carrier, attorney-at-law, awl-blade maker;
Baker, baker’s boy, barber, bargeman, basket-maker, billy-spinner, blacking-maker, blacksmith, boatman, boiler-maker, brass-founder, brazier, bricklayer, brick-maker, brush-maker, brush maker’s apprentice, burler, butcher;
Cabinet-maker, calf-dealer, carpenter, carpet-weaver, carrier, carver, chair-maker, chimney sweep, clerk, clock- and watch-maker, clock-cleaner, cloth dresser, cloth-factory man, clothier, clothing business, clothing-mill boy, cloth-mill worker, cloth-rower, cloth-worker, coach-horse tender, coach-painter, coach-plater, coach-smith, coal miner, collar-maker, collier, colt-breaker, comb-maker, confectioner, cooper, cordwainer, cork-cutter, cotton-spinner, cutler;
Dealer, dealer in marine stores, deserter, donkey-driver, draper, dress-maker, drummer, Militia;
Earthenware dealer, East India Company member, edge-toolmaker, engine-maker, errand boy;
Farmer, Fenceler, Royal Marines, Field blacksmith, file-cutter, fireman, fish- and bacon-carrier, fish- and orange-carrier, fish-carrier, fisherman, fishmonger, flock-dresser, fly-man, framework-knitter;
Gardener, Gentleman, Gig-mill worker, glazier, glover, grocer, groom, gunsmith, gypsy;
Hairdresser, handle-setter, harness-maker, hatter, haulier, hawker, hawker of hardware, haggler, horse-dealer, horse-doctor, horse-keeper, hurdle-maker;
Japanner, joiner;
Labourer, lace-factory worker, lawyer, leather-dresser, lemon-carrier;
Marine, mason, merchant, merchant seaman, metal-smith, militia-man, milliner, miller, millman, millman and cloth rower, millwright, mole catcher, miner, mortar-boy, moulder in foundry, musician;
Nailer, nail-maker, navigator;
Oyster- and cider-seller;
Painter, paper-maker, pargeter, pensioner, pedlar, pig-dealer, pipe-maker, plane-maker, plasterer, plumber and glazier, porter, post-boy, potter, prostitute;
Rag-gatherer, razor-grinder, recruit Army, ribbon-weaver, rifle corps member, rope-maker, rope-spinner, rowling-slitter;
Sack-weaver, saddler, sail-maker, sailor, sawyer, scamp and bone picker, scribbler, seaman, servant, shearer, shearman, shepherd, shoe-binder, shoe-maker, shop-keeper, silk-weaver, slater and plasterer, smith, smelter, soap-boiler, soldier, spinner, sprig-maker, stable boy, stenciller, stocking-maker, stocking weaver, stock-worker, stone-cutter, stone mason, straw- and hay-dealer, straw- bonnet maker, surgeon, sweep;
Tailor, tailoress, tailor’s apprentice, tanner, tea-dealer’s clerk and traveller, hatcher; tile-maker, tinker, tin-man, tramp(er), traveller, traveller with an ass, traveller with fruit etc., traveller with hardware, turner and filer, twine-spinner;
Upholsterer;
Volunteer, Army;
Washerwoman, waterman, weaver, wheelwright, whitesmith, wire-drawer, wood-dealer, wood-sawyer, woolsorter.