Do most of us know what our forefathers even did for a living? I guess not but I could make some rather safe predictions about those jobs: they are now obsolete and they were manual.
As my paternal grandfather died in the 1920’s when my father was very young, I am clueless what trade he practiced whereas on the distaff side of the family, my maternal grandfather was a wool grader at a huge wool merchant in Port Elizabeth called Mosenthals. Any further back than that and it is a black hole.
Do you have a clue about your forebearers profession or trade? If you are aware of it, leave a remark in the Post a Comment section
Main picture: A scissors-grinder seen here in 1909 was a street merchant who sharpened the blades of knives and scissors. He would call out in the streets or knock at the doors to try and get business. He worked the stone grinding wheel with his foot using a treadle
Here is a collection of ten jobs which one would no longer see a job opening for.