Sunday Special - What's in a Name ??

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Sunday Special - What's in a Name...
Many of our surnames come to us through the kind of work our ancestors did;
Can you name the occupation that went with the following Surnames ?

1. Barker
2. Carter
3. Chandler
4. Cooper
5. Currier
6. Glazier
7. Keeler
8. Naylor
9. Sandler
10. Smith (Schmidt, Schmitt, Schmid, Smythe)
11. Wainwright
12. Webster
13.Woodward
14. Collier
15. Crocker
16. Hostler
17. Fletcher
18. Jagger
19. Joyner
20.Thatcher
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1. tanned hides (using bark)
2. transported merchandise in a cart
3. candle maker (also, ship's chandler, who purveyed ship's supplies)
4. Wooden Cask & Barrel Maker
5. dressed leather after tanning
6. glass worker
7. barge tender
8. nail maker
9. sandal maker
10. blacksmith
11. made wagons
12. a worker of looms
13. forest warden
14. coal miner
15. Potter
16. attends to horses
17. makes and repairs arrows
18. Horse Team Driver
19. a skilled carpenter
20. Roofer
 
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