Victorian Occupations

A collection of the occupations or job descriptions of the people living in London in the 1890's.  Most of the descriptions are fairly self explanatory, I'll elaborate on the ones that aren't in due course.

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Jack	young male assistant, sailor, or lumberjack
Jack-Frame Tenter	A worker who operated a jack-frame, used for giving a twist to the thread in the Cotton industry.
Jack Smith	maker of lifting machinery, etc.
Jagger	Fish peddler, carrier, or carter.
Jakes Farmer	A person who emptied cesspools.
Jam Maker	Someone who makes jam.
Japanner	Someone who varnishes wooden furniture with a hard brilliant coat of hard lacquer. Invented in Japan.
Jerquer	Custom house officer who searched ships.
Jersey Comber	A worker in woollen manufacture. (wool which has been combed but not spun into yarn is called Jersey).
Jeweller	made jewelry
Jeweller & Watchmaker	Someone who made jewelry and watches
Jobber	A buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker
Jobbing Gardener	One employed on a casual basis.
Job Coachman	The driver of coach hired out for long periods to nobility or gentry.
Jobling Gardener	One employed on a casual basis. May be a misspelling, see Jobbing Gardener.
Jobmaster	A person who supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire.
Joiner	A skilled carpenter. One who works with wood. See also Joyner.
Jongleur	A travelling minstrel.
Jorman	A journeyman.
Journeyman	one who served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft - time served, and no longer had to work for someone else (though they often still did).
Journeyman Baker	time served baker - in other words, fully qualified
Journeyman Shoemaker	ditto, shoemaker
Journeyman Sweep	ditto, sweep
Jouster	A fish monger, usually a female hawker of fish, travelling from town to town.
Joyner	A skilled carpenter. See Joiner
Junior Clerk	a junior anything is usually one learning the job
Justiciar	The head of the royal judicial system and the king's viceroy when absent from the country.

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