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Journeyman

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Jules65

master brummie
I have this occupation added to a couple of my ancestors occupations.

Can anyone confirm please what this terms means?

Am I correct in thinking they carried out their occupation on the move so to speak. Or am I having another blond moment!? Won't be the first........ lol
 
Definition of Journeyman
A journeyman was a day labourer who had served his apprenticeship.
The Statute of Artificiers of 1563 laid down the journeyman's hours of work as being, in summer, from, at or before 5 a.m. until between 7 and 8 p.m., with not more than 2 hours off for breakfast, dinner and drinking; and in winter from dawn to dusk.
Unlike apprentices and employees engaged on a longer-term basis most journeymen lived away from their work. The term has NO connection with travelling.

With thanks to The Dictionary of Genealogy.
 
Thanks Lloyd ........... it seems on this site one only has to ask and questions are answered so quickly.

I've just noticed that I am a Journeyman Brummie..... presumably this means I have served my apprenticeship. lol

I must say this site is the best. Thanks to everyone who shares their areas of expertise.
 
Jules,

When I finished my Printing apprenticeship I was presented with my 'Indentures of Apprenticeship' and was then referred too as a 'Journeyman Printer'

Definition: "One who has fully served an apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is a qualified worker in another's employ"
 
Never mind you'll get use to us and in time be one of us helping others.:)

Jules I still have to ask and I've been here over 4 years and I love it
 
The term 'journeyman' originally comes from the French 'journee', meaning the course of a day, and it applied to apprentices who didn't actually live at their employer's premises. That is, they turned up for work on a daily basis and went home between times. I think.

Oh, and it's also an Eric Clapton LP...

Regards,

Big Gee
 
Hi All.
I too am a "Journeyman", in my case a Journeyman Electrician, somewhere I still have the small card given to me in 1962 to carry to prove it!
Pete
 
i think there was a band called the journeymen i have lots relos listed as journeymen gunmakers this is how silly iam i thought they took a journey with a gun
 
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