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Census Occupations - F - Fireman

Below are some resources I recommend if any of your ancestors in your family tree were Fireman.

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Description: Someone who worked with boilers to ensure that they were kept at the right temperature to fire machinery e.g. in mills and factories, on locomotives and ships. The job was involved physical labour, such as shoveling fuel, typically coal, into the engine's boiler. See also: Furnaceman, Stoker.; Someone who put out fires.

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