Occupations
HOME
AZARIAN INTRODUCTION
BLANCK INTRODUCTION
GOEHLE INTRODUCTION
PETERMANN INTRODUCTION
LANGAN/WALSH INTRODUCTION
Dockworkers and Longshoremen

  • Johann Bernard Petermann was a dock foreman in Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Fritz Kettler was a longshoreman in Brooklyn and Hoboken
  • Johannus Jensen as a longshoreman in Hoboken

Click of the picture to see more images of longshoremen.
Butchers

  • Johann Bernard Petermann was listed on the birth record of his son, Christian, as a butcher. The family was living in Brooklyn at the time.
  • Peter Goehle was listed on all records connected to him as a butcher. In the 1900 Federal Census in New York he was listed as a "provisions butcher".

Click of the picture to see more images of butchers.
Carpenters and Lumbermen

Law Land was a joiner or carpenter. His son Percy Land was a carpenter and construction contractor. Herman Blanck was a carpenter and his brothers John and Louse Blanck worked as lumbermen in a lumberyard. Henry Erxmeyer and his son Henry were carpenters.

Click of the picture to see more images of lumbermen and carpenters.
Cordwainers and Shoemakers

Henry Blanck was a shoemaker from Lehe, Germany. George Sykes and his family were cordwainers in Yorkshire, England.

Click of the picture to see more images of cordwiners and shoemakers
Tailors and Dressmakers

Catherine Furst Swartzmeier Lindemann was a dressmaker and her second husband, Julius Lindemann, was a tailor.

Click of the picture to see more images of tailors and dressmakers.
Coachman
  • Joseph Walsh, was listed from 1905 until 1920 as a "coachman". In 1920 he was listed as a couchman for a private family.

Collection of Maggie Land Blanck

Driving in Central Park, New York
Garment Workers

From New York City, State, and Nation by Sol Holt, 1955

Tom Blanck's aunts and uncles worked in "the garment district".

The caption with this photo reads:

"The making of clothing is New York's leading industry. Its manufacture is done by thousands of small businesses, such as shown above. They produce millions of dollars worth of garments.

Telephone Operator

In the 1920 census Isabell Walsh was listed as a telephone operator for a Guarantee Trust Company.

Illustrated 1916, Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Labourer

Mathias Langan was listed as a labouer.

While most of the 'humorous" Irish postcards depict "Paddy" as a stupid bumpkin I find this card amusing in that the citified gent got his comeuppance.

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Linen Weaver

Johann, Gerhard, and Christopher Blanck of Lehe Germany were linen weavers. For information (with pictures) on linen and linen weaving click on the picture

The Woolen Industry

Lands, Laws, and related families in the West Riding of Yorkshire were involved in the woolen trade. For information (with images) on the woolen trade in Yorkshire click on the picture

If you have any suggestions, corrections, information, copies of documents, or photos that you would like to share with this page, please contact me at maggie@maggieblanck.com
Home