Bingham Bulletin | 1924-11-28 | Page 5 | Tracing Surnames

Tracing Surnames Surnames offer a most convenient method of recalling forgotten trades. Who would guess that Tbacker or Thackeray was the man who thatched the roof with straw; that Tyler, was the one who tiled It, or Slater, he who roofed with slateT ' A few other Dames, as Collier, the charcoal burner; Chan-dler, Chan-dler, the candle maker, and Fuller, tbe clotb cleaner, will show how numerous were the ancient crafts. Blacksmith has no equivalent among English names, unless It be the abbreviated Smith, though tn German there is Kllngensmlth, tbe "clanging smith." Rut the horseshoer was a Farrier, dropped in our dictionaries but retained re-tained In the directories. ,t