Genealogy Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
What is a journeyman?
| Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Denise | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:38 |
|
Wheelwright (journeyman) was entered as the occupation on a marriage record. Does anyone know what a journeyman is? thanks Denise |
|||
|
Heather | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:43 |
|
Its the equivalent to our 'self employed' In the census image does it say 'on own account'. It is a skilled man who sells his skills on a day rate rather than a 'worker' employed by someone else. |
|||
|
Stephen | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:49 |
|
I thought it was between an apprentice and a master. |
|||
|
Heather | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:50 |
|
A master is someone who employs others and can take apprentices. |
|||
|
Sue | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:51 |
|
Hi Denise, I've got one or two 'journeymen' and I thought they were travelling salesmen! I'd be interested to know if it means something else. Sue H |
|||
|
Tom | Report | 12 Feb 2005 22:55 |
|
A journeyman is a person who teaches his trade to apprentices, in the days gone by the ratio of apprentices to a journeyman was approx 4. Hope this helps. Regards Tom. |
|||
|
Kazzie | Report | 12 Feb 2005 23:16 |
|
Am glad this one has come up as some of my relatives were blacksmith/journeyman and wondered what the journeyman bit meant,so have been helped to Karin |
|||
|
KathleenBell | Report | 13 Feb 2005 00:12 |
|
My husband was a journeyman welder. It simply means that he has finished a recognised apprenticeship and is now fully trained to do whatever trade he is a journeyman in. Kath. x |
|||
|
maryjane-sue | Report | 13 Feb 2005 00:13 |
|
One of my rellies showed as being a journeyman in one census - the census before that he was an apprentice, and the one after a master.... which confirmed what i had researched. |
|||