"In Britain, family names like Baker, Cooper, Smith, Butcher and Carpenter are a reminder that professions were passed down through the same families; for so many generations, that those professions defined the name of that family. Smith, for example, is a common name because so many of them were needed back in times when everything ran on horsepower. Here in Ireland, professions were also handed down through families, although the profession never became the family name."
"In 1901, carpenter William Osborne (aged 43) was living at 21 Albert Place East at Grand Canal Dock in Dublin 2, at a time when Dublin Port was a hive of activity and employment. With plenty of work about, it's not surprising that he could afford a better home than most. Built in the 1890s, the cul de sac of terraced houses was mostly popular with former British army officers, civil servants"
Professions were commonly passed from father to son through apprenticeship, shaping livelihoods though not always family names in Ireland. In 1901 carpenter William Osborne and his family lived at 21 Albert Place East near Dublin Port, occupying a two-bedroom late-Victorian home in a cul de sac popular with officers and civil servants. William’s sons worked as carpenters while his daughter attended school. By 1911 William had advanced to builder’s foreman and one son to clerk of works. Census records show implausible age increases for family members, suggesting deliberate age adjustments to access pensions earlier.
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