Jobs in the 1850's???

Question

what jobs would

Men Have

Woman Have

and children 9-18

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Answer 1

I don't think women even had jobs except for staying home back then. Not to be sexist, but seriously. Men fought, built companies, everything. Woman had jobs, but probably around the house. THey could of taught in schools.  Young men practically started doing yard work as soon as they came out of the womb.

Answer 2

My family were fishermen ,beerhousekeepers and licenced victuallers,shoemakers,sailmakers ,netmakers and ropemakers(for the sails),agricultural labourers,domestic servants,

Answer 3

Men worked outside the home or on the farm so the possibilities are limitless. Women worked at home, on the farm, took in laundry, seamstresses, teachers, as housekeepers, or in hotels or restaurants.

Children mostly worked at home and on the farm doing chores or did odd jobs like chimney sweep or shoe shine. It wasn't for a few more years that the industrial revolution put them in factories.

Here's a list from 1850-1930 censuses: http://www.geocities.com/nearsoutheastcd...

Keep in mind only legitimate jobs would be listed on the census. I can think of more than a few unseemly occupations that wouldn't have been listed.

Answer 4

Mill

Coal mining

Textile

School teacher

Nurses

Almost all the occupation that there are today.

Children back then worked 12 hours a day.

Answer 5

Much the same as today - there were agricultural workers who grew crops. They didn't have diesel tractors or electrical appliances, but they did have horsepower and manpower. Women were mothers, cooks, Secretaries, nurses - and children worked at whatever jobs they could find. There were no child labor laws in those days, so if the family was poor, children went to work instead of going to school. They could work in factories, in homes as servants, or in sweatshops.  

Answer 6

What about the jobs the children under 9 did?