Squeals of delight The wheeling dealing Osbornes
Another delightful occupational title has come to light, after a little gap filling and “new” records checking on the family tree {1}. Previously I had somehow identified 4x great grandfather Joseph Osborne as a (farm) labourer, supposedly per his son Robert’s marriage registration {5}. However, on making use of Ancestry’s Somerset collection, the original image for this event shows him to be a ‘Pig Jobber’!
As defined by a list of old occupations {2}, this is someone who “Bought pigs and then sold them off for profit”. » Continue reading “Squeals of delight The wheeling dealing Osbornes”