Father's occupation on birth certificate

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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 384 Send Message	LB	Report	2 Sep 2006 21:32
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 384 Send Message	I have a birth certificate for the year 1856 on which the father's occupation is described as 'Husbandman'. Could someone please tell me what a 'Husbandman' was? Many thanks Lyndsey
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	2 Sep 2006 21:34
	I think he was a farmer? from old occupation site HUSBANDMAN A tenant farmer who cultivated the land http://www.ict.mic.ul.ie/100yearsago/web/craft_list_a.htm Roy
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 1,315 Send Message	Debbie	Report	2 Sep 2006 21:35
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 1,315 Send Message	HI Husband-Man / Husbandman 1) Tenant farmer 2) Farmer dealing with animals (14th century From the Anglo-Saxon husbonda) DEBS
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 483 Send Message	Andrew	Report	2 Sep 2006 21:37
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 483 Send Message	It basically means a farmer. I had thought it specifically meant someone who works with animals, but apparently it can also mean a crop farmer.
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 384 Send Message	LB	Report	2 Sep 2006 21:46
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 384 Send Message	Thank you for those explanations. It's much more interesting to understand the origins of these words that are no longer in use! l had never heard of it before. Cheers Lyndsey