Sunday, June 12, 2011

Old Occupations

One of the useful entries on the federal census is the occupation or trade.  Some of the entries are quite entertaining, such as Peter Spear's occupation of "Hermit."  Maybe he was not too happy to be disturbed by the census taker at his doorstep.


1870 federal census for Peter Spear, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

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