This is the story of Peter Williamson, a fascinating figure whose life illuminates the diversity of 19th-century Scottish occupations, from hawking to shopkeeping.
By the early 19th century, society’s view of child labour began to change and a limit to the number of hours children could work was legislated.
From the feather man who went from town to town, cleaning bedding made of feathers, to the cat-meat men who...
Women’s Occupations in the Early Twentieth Century The logical starting place to learn about what occupational opportunities were available for...
Like us, our ancestors, unless they were independently wealthy, had to work to put food on the table and to...
While there is no doubt in my mind that our earliest female ancestors worked, and worked very hard, their choices for...
On Wednesday, 3 January 1872, Thomas Macarte gave his last performance as Massarti the Lion Tamer in front of a horrified...
The motion picture industry was in its infancy when my grandfather started working for General Film in Montreal. Although very new, dedicated movie...
And so it was that my fourth great-grandfather, Thomas Bulmer, came into the world in late December of 1782, just...
Flour was a very precious staple for our early ancestors in Canada and a flour mill would have been very...