| Word/Phrase | Definition | Useage |
|---|
| i dag | today | Swedish |
| i fjol | last year | Swedish |
| i går | yesterday | Swedish |
| i morgon | tomorrow | Swedish |
| I.H.S. | (Latin), Iesus Hominum Salvator, Jesus saviour of men | Colonial Diseases |
| i | in | Swedish |
| Iceman | Ice seller - usually delivered to the door | UK Occupation |
| icke | not | Swedish |
| Icterus | Jaundice. Yellowing of the skin due to excessive bilirubin in the body | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Idleman | Gentleman of leisure | UK Occupation |
| ifrån | from | Swedish |
| Iggler | See Tinker | UK Occupation |
| ihjälslagen | beaten to death | Swedish |
| illegitimate | Born of parents not married to each other | Colonial Diseases |
| Image Maker | A sculptor | UK Occupation |
| Immigrant | A person who enters into a new country to settle there. | Genealogy |
| Immigration | A person's entry into a new country to settle there. | Genealogy |
| Impetigo | Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules | Medical |
| Inanition | Physical condition resulting from lack of food | Medical |
| indenture | A contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time | Colonial Diseases |
| Indentured Servant | Was committed to work for a fixed number of years for financial advantage. On completion of the indenture, he became a Freeman. Until that time, had few, if any, rights | UK Occupation |
| Indweller | Inhabitant of a particular town or place | Scot.Occup |
| Infant | Any person not of full age; a minor. | General |
| Infantile paralysis | Polio | Medical |
| Infirmarian | Ran an infirmary | UK Occupation |
| inflyttning | incoming, moving in | Swedish |
| inflyttningsbetyg | moving in certificate | Swedish |
| inflyttningslängd | moving in register | Swedish |
| ingen | no, no one, none | Swedish |
| inget | nothing, none | Swedish |
| inhyses | a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger | Swedish |
| innehåll | contents | Swedish |
| innevarande | current | Swedish |
| inskrivning | entry | Swedish |
| Inspector of Nuisances | A person appointed to look into By-Law offences, such as noisy animals, foul smells, maybe fence disputes, things of that nature | UK Occupation |
| Instant | Of or pertaining to the current month. (Abbreviated inst.) | General |
| Instrument Maker | Maker of scientific, mathematical and astronomical instruments | Scot.Occup |
| Intelligencer | Spy | UK Occupation |
| Intendent | Director of public or Government business | UK Occupation |
| Interfactor | Murderer | UK Occupation |
| intestate | 1. Having made no valid will. 2. Not disposed of by will. 3. When an owner of real property has died intestate, title to the property is said to pass by descent to the heirs. See also testate | Colonial Diseases |
| Intestinal colic | Abdominal pain due to improper diet | Medical |
| invandrare | immigrant | Swedish |
| invandring | immigration | Swedish |
| Inventory | An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor or administrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the real estate of a deceased person. | General |
| Iron Baller | Iron worker who separated the hot metal from the puddling furnace into balls or puddle-rolls before handing over to the shingler (qv) | Scot.Occup |
| Iron Charger | Placed the iron ore into the smelting furnace | UK Occupation |
| Iron Dresser | Foundry worker who cleaned sand and impurities from cast metal from the mould. | Scot.Occup |
| Iron Founder | Founds or casts iron | UK Occupation |
| Iron Miner | Miner of ironstone rock used in the production of pig iron | Scot.Occup |
| Iron Moulder | Made moulds for casting iron. Iron foundry worker who poured molten iron from furnace into moulds. | UK Occupation |
| Iron Planer | Put flat (plane) surfaces onto, usually, iron castings, required for seatings etc where the castings fitted on to other parts of the structure. | UK Occupation |
| Iron Puddler | Made wrought iron using the puddling process; a highly skilled and dangerous occupation which required physical strength, stamina and sustained concentration More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Iron Roller | Worked a machine that rolled iron to form and shape it. | UK Occupation |
| Iron Shingler | Iron worker who operated a steam hammer on wrought iron from the furnace | Scot.Occup |
| Iron Turner | Used a lathe to turn items from iron. | UK Occupation |
| Iron Weigher | Weighed iron products from foundry for selling by the ton. | Scot.Occup |
| Ironmaster | Foundry owner / manager | UK Occupation |
| Ironmonger / Feroner | Hardware merchant | UK Occupation |
| Ironsmith | Blacksmith | UK Occupation |
| Ironstone Miner | Mined Ironstone, used to obtain iron and in the making of pottery and also for building material | UK Occupation |
| Ischaemic | Ischaemic means an organ, for example the heart, not receiving enough blood and oxygen | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Issue | Offspring; children; lineal descendants of a common ancestor. | General |
| item | also, likewise | Latin |
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