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The Janesville Gazette

August 14, 1985; p. 3E

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Labor - Janesville Sesquicentennial
 
Occupations varied in 1849
In 1849, the year after Wisconsin became a state, Janesville had a population of 985 males and
827 females who worked at a variety of occupations.
"The History of Rock County," written in 1879 by C. W. BUTTERFIELD, listed some of those
jobs.
 
  • 18 blacksmiths
  • 24 shoemakers
  • 51 joiners and carpenters
  • 18 masons
  • 11 carriage makers
  • 8 plowmakers
  • 8 tailors
  • 7 tailoresses
  • 9 cabinet makers
  • 2 whip manufacturers
  • 3 saddle and harness makers
  • 1 upholsterer
  • 6 painters
  • 2 sash and blind manufacturers
  • 13 milliners and dressmakers
  • 12 printers
  • 2 jewelers
  • 5 tinners
  • 6 brickmakers
  • 2 fanning mill manufacturers
  • 10 coopers
  • 4 chair manufacturers
  • 3 brewers
  • 6 excavators
  • 1 shaft turner
  • 1 block printer
  • 2 barbers
  • 5 pastry cooks
  • 1 baker
  • 2 starch makers
  • 4 millwrights
  • 1 stonecutter
  • 1 machinist
  • 1 molder
  • 1 broom maker
  • 1 engraver
  • 48 farmers
  • 2 gardeners
  • 14 teamsters
  • 3 boatmen
  • 4 sell whiskey
  • "And the remainder work for Dad."

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