Here it is again, Saturday, and Randy Seaver has this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun topic posted on Genea-Musings. This week, we are to share our ancestors’ occupations at least back to our great grandparents. I am going to include my 2X great grandparents because one whole side of my family had the same occupation!
2. George Michael Sabo (1926-1985), my father, had these occupations:
- Shoe salesman in Sterns Department Store
- Purchasing agent for Curtiss-Wright Corporation
3. Doris Priscilla Adams (1923-2008), my mother:
- Secretary
- Office manager
4. George Sabo (1893-1936), my grandfather:
- 1920 Butcher
- 1930 Meat market owner
5. Julia Scerbak Sabo (1893-1985), my grandmother:
- 1920 At home
- 1930 At home
- 1940 At home
6. Vernon Tarbox Adams (1899-1968), my grandfather:
- Sold Edsels with his uncle, Perce Chadwick (family story)
- Manager with Western Union
7. Hazel Ethel Coleman (1901-1995), my grandmother:
- At home
8. Stephen Kucharik (1855-1933), my great grandfather:
- Train conductor
- Laborer in mill
- Laborer in laundry
9. Mary Kacsenyak (1859-1926), my great grandmother:
- At home
10. Michael Scerbak (1868-1932), my great grandfather:
- Carpenter
- Peasant farmer
11. Anna Murcko (1872-1967) , my great grandmother:
- At home
12. Charles Edwin Adams (1877-1922), my great grandfather:
- Box factory worker
- Manager in ladies’ store
13. Annie Maude Stuart (1874-1940), my great grandmother:
- Owner ladies’ store
- At home
14. Hartwell Thomas Coleman (1869-1938), my great grandfather:
- Tugboat captain
- Master mariner
15. Anne Elisabeth Johnson (1872-1916), my great grandmother:
- At home
16. John Kucharik (1820-1858), my 2X great grandfather:
- Peasant farmer
17. Maria Repka (1825 – after 1869), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
18. Michael Kacsenyak (1834-after 1899), my 2X great grandfather:
- Peasant farmer
19. Anna Haluska (1832-after 1899), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
20. John Scerbak (1836-1916), my 2X great grandfather:
- Peasant farmer
21. Maria Patorai (1839-1912), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
22. John Murcko (1831-1917), my 2X great grandfather:
- Peasant farmer
23. Maria Szova (1845-1925), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
24. Calvin Segee Adams (1843-1921), my 2X great grandfather:
- Fisherman
- Boat builder
25. Nellie F. Tarbox (1856-1927), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
26. Charles Stewart/Stuart (1822-1894), my 2X great grandfather:
- Farmer
27. Elida Ann Hicks (1833-1914), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
28. William Coleman (1834-1905), my 2X great grandfather:
- Farmer
- Tugboat captain
29. Sarah Moriah Crouse (1833-1930), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
30. Frits Wille Oscar Emil Jensen (1845-1920), my 2X great grandfather:
- Detective
- Prison guard
31. Margarethe Bruun (1843-1890), my 2X great grandmother:
- At home
What I find interesting is that only my mother and great grandmother, Annie Stuart Adams, worked outside the home before me and Annie actually owned her ladies’ shop! I’ve seen the shop from the outside, but as of 1981, it was vacant. My dad’s side of the family were all peasant farmers in what is today’s Slovakia, which is why they left the village in masses to work in the factories in New Jersey.
You have some interesting occupations in your family, including tugboat captain and train conductor! So many of mine were farmers, but I do have a few other things sprinkled in my family. It sure bothers me when I see beside women who stayed at home “nothing” for their occupation! They would have loved to do nothing sometimes I am sure, but I doubt many of their days were filled with “nothing.”