| Word/Phrase | Definition | Useage |
|---|
| f. d. (före detta) | former(ly) | Swedish |
| F.S. | Female Servant | Scot.Occup |
| Faber | Workman or Artisan | UK Occupation |
| fabrik | factory, mill | Swedish |
| fabriksarbetare | factory worker | Swedish |
| Factor | 1) Agent transacting business for merchants 2) Sold goods on commission 3) (Scottish) Steward collecting land rents | UK Occupation |
| fadder | christening witness, godparent | Swedish |
| fader | father | Swedish |
| Fagetter | Firewood seller - made bundles of faggots | UK Occupation |
| Faker | Photographer's assistant - added hand colouring to monochrome photographs before colour film was invented | UK Occupation |
| Fakir / Faker | Street salesman, seller, hawker, vendor or peddler | UK Occupation |
| falla | fall, to be killed in war | Swedish |
| fallande sot | epilepsy | Swedish |
| fallecimiento | Death | Spanish |
| Falling sickness | Epilepsy | Medical |
| fältfeber | typhoid fever | Swedish |
| fältskär | assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon | Swedish |
| fältväbel | sergeant major | Swedish |
| familia | household | Latin |
| familj | family | Swedish |
| Family events | Events that are meaningful or significant to a specific family. | Genealogy |
| family group report | A form which contains genealogical information about a nuclear family - a husband, a wife, and their children. It usually includes the dates and places of birth, marriage and death. | Colonial Diseases |
| Family History Library | 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150: | Colonial Diseases |
| Family history | The reconstruction of the daily lives of a person's ancestors based on information gathered and the writing of their biographies. | Genealogy |
| Family tree | A chart that shows how people in a family are related to each other. | Genealogy |
| Fancy Man | A pimp | UK Occupation |
| Fancy Woman | A prostitute | UK Occupation |
| Fancy-pearl Worker | Made items, such as buttons, from mother-of-pearl | UK Occupation |
| fånig | brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889) | Swedish |
| Fanner | Grain winnower | UK Occupation |
| Fanwright | Made or repaired fans or winnowing baskets | UK Occupation |
| far | father | Swedish |
| Farandman | Travelling merchant | UK Occupation |
| farbror | paternal uncle | Swedish |
| farfar | paternal grandfather | Swedish |
| Farm Bailiff | Made sure a tenant farmer ran the farm properly and was paying the rent on time. If not the bailiff had the authority to evict. | UK Occupation |
| Farm servant | Farm worker under contracted period to work for farmer | Scot.Occup |
| farmor | paternal grandmother | Swedish |
| Farrier | 1) A blacksmith who shoes horses 2) Horse Doctor 3) Cavalry NCO responsible for horses | UK Occupation |
| fasta | fast, Lent | Swedish |
| fästehjon | betrothed couple, engaged pair | Swedish |
| fästekvinna | fiancée (female) | Swedish |
| faster | paternal aunt | Swedish |
| fästman | fiancé (male) | Swedish |
| fästmö | fiancée (female) | Swedish |
| fästning | fortress | Swedish |
| Father-in-law | Father of one's spouse. | General |
| fattig | poor | Swedish |
| fattighjon | pauper | Swedish |
| fattighus | poorhouse | Swedish |
| Fatty Liver | Cirrhosis of liver | Medical |
| Faunist | Naturalist | UK Occupation |
| Fawkner/ Faulkner | Falconer | UK Occupation |
| Fear-Nought Maker | Made thick woollen material called fear-nought for protective clothing and lining insides the powder magazines of warships | UK Occupation |
| Feather Beater/Driver/Dresser | Cleaned feathers for sale | UK Occupation |
| Feather Mason | Split stone using curved metal 'feathers' with wedges hammered between them. | UK Occupation |
| Feather Wife | Woman who cleaned feathers for sale | UK Occupation |
| Featherman | Dealer in feathers | UK Occupation |
| febbraio | February | Italian |
| feber | fever | Swedish |
| feberfrossa | malaria | Swedish |
| febrero | February | Spanish |
| Februar | February | Germany |
| februari | February | Swedish |
| Fee simple | An absolute ownership without restriction. | General |
| Fee tail | An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of a person to whom it was granted. | General |
| Fee | An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services. | General |
| Feeder | Herdsman. Millworker who kept the mill machines supplied with material | UK Occupation |
| Feller | Woodcutter | UK Occupation |
| Fellmonger | 1) Dealer in hides and skins , also recycled inedible animal parts for glue, fertiliser, offal, horn, bone, gut etc. Basically, he ran the 'knacker's yard'. More Info. 2) Tree cutter / woodsman | UK Occupation |
| Fellowship Porter | A kind of uniformed bonded messenger, vetted for honesty etc before admission to the Guild of Fellowship Porters, to whom they were accountable. You could trust your valuables to them for transport from your London office to another warehouse, shop or office | UK Occupation |
| Felter | Worked with felt - normally in the hat trade | UK Occupation |
| fem(te) | five (fifth) | Swedish |
| femtio(nde) | fifty (fiftieth) | Swedish |
| femton(de) | fifteen (fifteenth) | Swedish |
| Fencible | Soldier recruited at times of war, a militiaman | Scot.Occup |
| Fender Smith | Made and maintained fenders surrounding fires | UK Occupation |
| Fent Dealer | Dealer in 'Fents' - cloth remnants, ends of bolts of cloth etc. | UK Occupation |
| Feroner | Ironmonger | UK Occupation |
| Ferreter | Made or dealt in 'ferret' - silk tape | UK Occupation |
| Ferry-louper | Orkney name for an incomer from mainland | Scot.Occup |
| Ferur / Ferator | Blacksmith / Farrier | UK Occupation |
| Festitian | Physician | UK Occupation |
| Fethelar | A fiddler | Scot.Occup |
| Fettler | 1) Cleaned mill machinery, removing accumulations of fibres, grease etc. and sharpened fustian cutters' knives 2) Needle maker who filed the points | UK Occupation |
| Feuar | Landholder under feudal system paid a feu (fee) to the overlord | Scot.Occup |
| Fever | Blacksmith | UK Occupation |
| février | February | French |
| Fewster | Made wooden saddle trees – the “chassis” upon which a leather saddle is constructed | UK Occupation |
| Fewterer | Looked after the hounds used in hunting or hare coursing | UK Occupation |
| Feydur (Feather) Beater | Feather beater | UK Occupation |
| Fictor | Modeller | UK Occupation |
| Fiddler | Used a fiddle (small knife) to remove the flashing from cast clay forms such as bowls, creamers, cups or pitchers. | UK Occupation |
| Field Master | 1) Inspected hedges and fences of a parish and also impounded stray animals 2) Tended fields set aside to produce hay. Also Hayward | UK Occupation |
| File Cutter | Made files by cutting rows of sharp teeth into a metal blank | UK Occupation |
| filiam | daughter | Latin |
| filium | son | Latin |
| Filler | Filled bobbins in textile mills | UK Occupation |
| Fine Drawer | Invisible mender (clothing) | UK Occupation |
| finländare, finne | Finn | Swedish |
| finsk | Finnish | Swedish |
| Fire Beater | Tended factory boilers | UK Occupation |
| Fireman | 1. Person in charge of a furnace, eg. on a train or ship 2. A fire fighter | Scot.Occup |
| Firemen (Salt Industry) | The men responsible for stoking the furnaces so as to maintain the brine at the correct temperature during the salt making period, which might be a few hours at high temperature for fine salt or several days at lower temperatures for the coarser types. | UK Occupation |
| Fireworker | 18c. Maker of fireworks. A very dangerous occupation - they often actually smoked when working with gunpowder! | UK Occupation |
| Firkenman | Handled casks - 'Firkins'of ale , but not supervising the content | UK Occupation |
| First Hand | Silk weaver who owned his own loom. Early silk weaving was largely done in the home | UK Occupation |
| Fiscere | Fisherman - Anglo-Saxon term | UK Occupation |
| Fish Bobber | Landed the fish from trawlers to the quay side | UK Occupation |
| Fish Fag | Female fish seller | UK Occupation |
| Fishcurer | Dried and salted fish for onward transport in barrels | Scot.Occup |
| Fishwife | Woman who carried and sold fresh fish from door to door. | Scot.Occup |
| fiskare | fisherman | Swedish |
| Fits | Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity | Medical |
| Fitter | 1) Coal broker 2) Early term for a Joiner 3) From 19c. a skilled mechanic | UK Occupation |
| fjärde | fourth | Swedish |
| fjärdingsman | parish constable | Swedish |
| fjol (i fjol) | last year | Swedish |
| fjorton(de) | fourteen (fourteenth) | Swedish |
| Flagger & Tiler | Laid roofing tiles and the rectangular stone flags used in some parts of the country for roofing | UK Occupation |
| Flagger | Lays paving stones etc. also called a Paver or Paviour | UK Occupation |
| Flasher | Specialist worker in glass making | UK Occupation |
| Flatman / Floatman | Boatman on a flat bottom boat (a flat) used in shallow waters (mainly rivers and canals) for transport. The term also came to refer to shallow-draft coastal sailing vessels. More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Flauner | Confectioner | UK Occupation |
| Flax doffer | Women who doffed (tied up) full bobbins of thread, and replaced with empty ones. | Scot.Occup |
| Flax Dresser | Person who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. | UK Occupation |
| Flax heckler | Flax dresser who separated the coarse flax with a toothed hackle | Scot.Occup |
| Flax Scutcher | Sepatared the husk from the flax fibres by holding it against rotating paddles | UK Occupation |
| Flaxman | Dealer in flax | Scot.Occup |
| Flesher / Fleshmonger | 1) Tannery worker 2) Butcher | UK Occupation |
| Flesher | Butcher | Scot.Occup |
| Fleshewer | Butcher | UK Occupation |
| Fletcher | Made arrows - from French, flèche | UK Occupation |
| flicka | girl | Swedish |
| flicknamn | maiden name | Swedish |
| Flitman | Porter who unloaded goods from ships (Shetland Isles) | Scot.Occup |
| Floater | Vagrant. Man seasonally employed to guide and steer timber logs downstream | UK Occupation |
| Flockmaster | Person in charge of managing a flock of sheep | Scot.Occup |
| Flower Lasher | Interlaced cotton threads as part of the intricate weaving process in making Paisley shawls | Scot.Occup |
| Flowering Muslin | Embroidery | UK Occupation |
| Flusherman | Cleaned out water pipes | UK Occupation |
| fluss | any disease related to fluids | Swedish |
| Flux of humour | Circulation | Medical |
| Flux | An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea | Medical |
| Fly Forger / Maker | A drop forger who stamped out parts of 'flyers' for textile spinning machinery. More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Fly Proprietor/Master | 1) Drove a 'fly' a one horse two wheeled light carriage 2) Flyman also a term for a theatre stage hand 3) A Fly Proprietor/Master employed fly drivers for hire and usually owned the flys. | UK Occupation |
| Flying Stationer | Street broadsheet (newspaper) seller | UK Occupation |
| flytta | move | Swedish |
| flyttningsbetyg | certificate of moving | Swedish |
| född, födda, födde, födelse | born, birth | Swedish |
| föddes | was born | Swedish |
| födelse | birth | Swedish |
| födelsebok | birth record | Swedish |
| födelsedag | birthday | Swedish |
| födelselängd | birth record | Swedish |
| födelseort | place of birth | Swedish |
| födorådstagare | a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr | Swedish |
| fogde | sheriff, bailiff, warden | Swedish |
| Fogger / Pettifogger | 1) Peddler. 2) Middleman in the nail and chain trade 3) Agricultural labourer who fed cattle 4) Low class lawyer or 'Pettifogger' | UK Occupation |
| Foister / Foisterer / Fuyster | Joiner | UK Occupation |
| folio | page | Swedish |
| följande | following, next | Swedish |
| Foot Maiden | Female servant | UK Occupation |
| Foot Straightener | Made watch and clock dials | UK Occupation |
| Footman | Male servant | UK Occupation |
| Footpad | Thief (mugger) | UK Occupation |
| Foot-Post | Mail carrier (on foot) | UK Occupation |
| för | for | Swedish |
| föräldralös | orphan | Swedish |
| föräldrar | parents | Swedish |
| fördärvad | severely crippled | Swedish |
| fördelsman | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | Swedish |
| före | before | Swedish |
| föregående | previous, preceding | Swedish |
| förelyst | banns (in Finland) | Swedish |
| förening | society | Swedish |
| Forester | Looked after woods, normally on gentleman's estate, or major local forest | UK Occupation |
| förfäder | forefathers | Swedish |
| Forgeman / Forger | 1) Blacksmith or his assistant 2) In 18c Derbyshire - Coachsmith | UK Occupation |
| förgiftad | poisoned | Swedish |
| förhör | household examination | Swedish |
| förklara | declared, explained | Swedish |
| Forkner | Falconer (phonetic) | UK Occupation |
| förkylning | common cold | Swedish |
| förlossning | delivery (childbirth) | Swedish |
| förlovad | engaged | Swedish |
| förlovning | engagement | Swedish |
| Form Fitter | Fitted 'forms' for building. ie formwork for arch building. | UK Occupation |
| förmäla | marry (older term) | Swedish |
| förmiddag | morning, forenoon | Swedish |
| förmyndare | guardian | Swedish |
| förnamn | given name | Swedish |
| förra giftet | previous marriage | Swedish |
| förrätta | perform | Swedish |
| förre, (den) | former | Swedish |
| Forrester | Employed to guard the forest and its game against poachers and trespassers. | Scot.Occup |
| församling | parish, congregation | Swedish |
| församlingsbok | clerical survey | Swedish |
| första gången | first time | Swedish |
| första | first | Swedish |
| förstoppning | constipation | Swedish |
| försumlighet | negligence, neglectfulness | Swedish |
| försvarslös | unemployed person, vagrant | Swedish |
| förteckning | list | Swedish |
| fortsättning (forts.) | continued | Swedish |
| Fossetmaker | Made (wooden) taps for ale casks | UK Occupation |
| fosterbarn | foster child | Swedish |
| fosterland | native land, fatherland | Swedish |
| Founder | Foundryman - casts metal i.e. iron, brass | UK Occupation |
| Fower | Sweeper, street cleaner | UK Occupation |
| Foyboatman | A shore-based seaman who worked a 'foy' to give assistance to vessels entering port - running lines from the ship to shore, towing small vessels etc. Foy is a corruption of fee, which was what the boatman charged | UK Occupation |
| frälse | nobility | Swedish |
| frälsegård, frälsehemman | tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) | Swedish |
| Frame Spinner | Tended a machine for spinning cotton threads - a Spinning Frame - More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Framer | Constructed the wooden frames of buildings, also in chair making | UK Occupation |
| Framework Knitter (FWK) | Operated a hosiery making loom (Abbreviated FWK in census returns) More Info. | UK Occupation |
| framför | in front of | Swedish |
| främmande | foreign, strange, belonging to another parish | Swedish |
| från | from | Swedish |
| frånskild | divorced | Swedish |
| Fratello | Brother | Italian |
| Fraternity | Group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose orinterest. | General |
| fredag | Friday | Swedish |
| Free hold | An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life. | General |
| Freedman | A freed slave | UK Occupation |
| Freeholder | Land owner | UK Occupation |
| Freeman | Held the full rights of citizenship, such as voting and engaging in business, free of feudal service - a man who had served his apprenticeship and who could then work at his trade in his own right. Medieval freemen were not owned by a feudal lord, but had privileges granted to own land and trade in a burgh. | UK Occupation |
| Freemason | Stone mason | UK Occupation |
| frejd | a person\'s character, conduct | Swedish |
| French Polisher | Brought wood cabinets to a fine finish with sandpaper and oils. | Scot.Occup |
| French pox | Syphilis | Medical |
| Freshwaterman | Sailed on inland or coastal waters | UK Occupation |
| Friend | Member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. | General |
| Frieser | Made rough plaster known as friese, also any strip pattern which repeats itself in some way and used in castings such as are used in decorative gates, railings etc. | UK Occupation |
| Friezer | Friezed cloth (i.e. embroidery with silver or gold) | UK Occupation |
| friherre | baron | Swedish |
| frilla | concubine | Swedish |
| frillebarn | bastard child | Swedish |
| Fringemaker | Made ornamental borders or fringes in cloth making | UK Occupation |
| Fripperer | Bought and sold old clothes and fripperies | UK Occupation |
| Friseur | Hairdresser | UK Occupation |
| Frobisher / Furbisher | Cleaned and polished metal – i.e. armour | UK Occupation |
| fröken | Miss | Swedish |
| frossa | malaria | Swedish |
| fru | Mrs. | Swedish |
| Fruictman | Man who sells fruit | Scot.Occup |
| Fruitestere | Female fruit seller | UK Occupation |
| Fulker | Pawnbroker | UK Occupation |
| Fuller / Tucker / Walker | One who 'fulls' cloth; the process of cleaning (removing the natural oils and lanolin) wool in preparation for spinning and weaving, using fuller's earth. In medieval times, this involved treading the cloth in stale urine for some 8 hours. | UK Occupation |
| Fuller | Fuller of cloth thickened wool (same as waulker q.v.) | Scot.Occup |
| Fulling Miller | Milled Fullers Earth for Fulling woolen cloth (above) | UK Occupation |
| fulslag | inflammation at the edge of a finger | Swedish |
| Fumigator | During the great plague, Fumigators were employed to disinfect houses by burning sulphur, saltpetre and urine. Presumably the smell would kill the germs! | UK Occupation |
| Funambulist | Tightrope walker | UK Occupation |
| Furlong | See measurements. | General |
| Furnaceman | Attended to furnace, often in metal works | Scot.Occup |
| Furner | Baker | UK Occupation |
| Furrier | Fur dealer - as today | UK Occupation |
| Fustian Cutter / Weaver | A person who lifted and cut the threads in the making of Fustian, formerly a kind of coarse cloth made of cotton and flax. Now a thick, twilled cotton cloth with a short pile or nap, a kind of cotton velvet. A long thin knife was inserted into the loops and the threads cut as it was pulled through, stretched between rollers. The cloth was then brushed to raise the pile. Fustian is the old name for corduroy / A weaver of Fustian | UK Occupation |
| Fustian Loom Jobber | Otherwise known as a Tackler, he serviced and maintained the Fustian looms | UK Occupation |
| fylleri | drunkenness | Swedish |
| fyra | four | Swedish |
| fyrtio(nde) | forty (fortieth) | Swedish |
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