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Labourer: performed physical labour. Could have worked in many different industries. It is very common to come across labourers when researching a family tree.
Lace Drawer: worked in the lace making industry. Usually a child’s job, responsible for drawing threads.
Lace Man: a merchant who sold raw materials to home based workers, then peddled the lace goods they made.
Lace Master: employer of lace workers.
Lace Mistress: female Lace Master, who employed lace workers.
Lace Runner: embroidered lace items.
Lace Woman: alternate name for a Lady’s Maid.
Ladle Liner: repaired the ladles used to move molten metals.
Lady’s Maid: a personal attendant who waited on the Lady of the House. A servant responsible for make-up, shopping, clothes, jewellery etc.
Lady’s Tailor: seamstress or Dressmaker.
Lagger: alternate name for a sailor.
Laird: Scottish title, a member of the gentry.
Lairman: transported cattle to temporary holding pens prior to slaughter.
Lairsman: alternate spelling of Lairman, who transported cattle to lairage.
Lamp Exhauster: drained air from very early electric lightbulbs.
Lamp Trimmer: maintained oil lamps onboard ships. Large vessels required multiple Lamp Trimmers.
Lamplighter: Council employee who lit street gas lamps or an alternate term for a Knocker-up
Landing Waiter: worked for HM Customs overseeing the unloading of ship’s cargo. Seems to have been a popular job for the ex-military.
Lapidary: an expert on precious stones, who also engraved them.
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Lappet Maker: a textile worker who made lappets, which are embroidered folds or flaps, used for clothing / hats.
Lardner: supplied meat to landowners and royalty in medieval times.
Lath Renderer: applied plaster to laths, which are strips of straight grained wood used to line walls and ceilings.
Lath Splitter: made wooden laths.
Latten Smith: made items from the alloy latten. By the early 19th century, latten was mainly used for decorative purposes.
Lattener: alternate name for a Lattern Smith, who made items from the alloy latten.
Lattouner: alternate spelling of Lattener.
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