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*Farming
*Working in weapons factories
*Chandler (candlemaking and selling)
*Sutler (this is more during the war, sutlers were traveling merchants who sold to the soldiers)
*Working in textile mills (those looms and mechanical spinning wheels needed someone to fix them, and both men and women operated them)
*Sharpener (They sharpened knives, bladed tools, and scissors for folks. The sharpener had a portable grinding wheel with them so they could sharpen them right on the street and hand them back immediately
*Blacksmith
*Musician
*Actor
*Author
*Chimney sweep
*Bootblack (think kinda like a shoe shiner, the bootblack blackened and polished shoes and boots)
*Farrier (a special kind of blacksmith that specialized in shoeing horses)
*Hackman/hack driver (think something like today's cabbies, they drove carriages)
*Lamplighter (Hey, look out at your streetlight's at night, electricity and the photocell that automatically turns them on when it get's dark made this job obsolete. But back then this was a guy who went from street lamp to street lamp an lite them. They also acted as a night watchman)
*Wheelwright (one who made wheels)
*Shipwright (one who made ships)
*Train engineer
*Politician
Also try "Everyday Life in the 1800s" by Marc McCutcheon. It has an entire chapter on occupations during the 19th century.
Source(s):
"Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians" by Marc McCutcheon
What else can I help you with?
What was popular in the 1860s?
necco wafers
What were Gandhi's occupations?
is occupations were to give India freedom.
In the 1860s what were windmills used for?
Pull the water from underground in the earth
When was the Stevenson Screen invented?
In the 1860s. I think. By Thomas Stevenson.
Where were the biggest farms in the 1800-1860s located?
The Coastal Plains
Are the 1860s in the 18th century?
No, the 1860s are in the 19th century.
Is the radio invented in 1860s?
Yes it was invented in the 1860s
Did they eat salad in the 1860s?
Yes they ate salad in the 1860s.
What was the largest town in BC in the 1860s?
The largest town in BC in the 1860s was Barkerville. It is stated that in the 1860s the population was 5,000 and it was designated the National Historic Site of Canada in the year 1924.
Entertainment in the 1860s?
None
When did the impressionist begin?
in the 1860s
How long did the open range period last-?
open range period last from the 1860s to 1880s.
During which decade did Louis Pasteur develop pasteurization and Gregor Mendel refine his theory of genetics?
Louis Pasteur developed pasteurization in the 1860s and Gregor Mendel refined his theory of genetics in the 1860s and 1870s.
When was the steam engine inveted?
IN the 1860s
When was baseball inventeed?
around the 1860s
Was diabetes curable in the 1860s?
Yes
What century was the typewriter invented?
1860s
