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Message:: [QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 12587133, member: 33"]Thanks for this! I went back and I see that I was looking at the Ancestry transcript for his occupation in 1870. They said Laborer. That is definitely not what the image says. So, my bad! Looking at the original image, the writing originally looks like "Taner" or "Tawer" or "Laner" or "Lawer." Then in different handwriting, squeezed in above that, somebody wrote "Lawyer" or "Sawyer" (one who works in a sawmill). So I could go with Lawyer, although 1860 definitely shows it as Cordwainer (worker in leather), and 1880 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts shows his occupation as "Work in morocco shop" -- at that time, "morocco" was often used to refer to a type of leather. Looking back at 1870 again, one interpretation of the original handwriting is "Taner," which could have meant "Tanner" -- that would fit with the other leather working he did. However, I'd say Lawyer is fine. [USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] , I hope you hear back from the Bangor Historical Society![/QUOTE]