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Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations? [View all]
I'm checking out an old list of residents (Washington County PA) from 1800 that has occupation abbreviations after many of the names. After my two ancestors, (father and son) are the letters st. I can guess some of the abbreviations on the page, such as tan for tanner, lab for laborer, wvr for weaver, etc. But I'm not sure about some of the others such as con, ww, sad, bs, con, tai and of course I would love to know what st means after my two guys. Could it be school teacher? I searched around online but didn't find too much.
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