| Word/Phrase | Definition | Useage |
|---|
| Tabernarius | Tavern or innkeeper - from the Latin | UK Occupation |
| Tabes mesenterica | Type of tuberculosis of the lymph glands | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Tabler | Boarding House keeper | UK Occupation |
| Tackler | Overlooker of weaving shed workers | UK Occupation |
| Tacksman | Superior farm tenant with a lease or tack on one or more farms. | Scot.Occup |
| Tailzeor | Tailor | Scot.Occup |
| Taker Off / In | Unhitched coal tubs from an endless rope system - usually children | UK Occupation |
| Tallow Chandler | Candle maker/seller | UK Occupation |
| Tally Clerk | As today, tallied goods into and out of warehouses, ships etc. | UK Occupation |
| Tallyman / Tally Fellow | 1) Sold goods on instalment plan. 2) Local official who tallied the allowed number of persons in a dwelling for health reasons - usually 3 adults and four children | UK Occupation |
| Tambour Worker | Worked with embroidery on a (circular) Tambour Frame | UK Occupation |
| Tambourer | Embroiderer using hoops to hold the cloth | Scot.Occup |
| Tan Bark Stripper | Collected tree bark used for tanning leather | UK Occupation |
| Tanner | Tanned (cured) animal hides for leather making. Still used. More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Tanner's Beamsman | Draped part-cured skins over a Tanners Beam, a flat slab of wood or stone, to scrape off the remaining flesh, fat and hair | UK Occupation |
| Tante | Aunt | Germany |
| Taper Weaver | Made candle wicks | UK Occupation |
| Tapiter / Tapicer | Weaver of figured cloth or tapestry | UK Occupation |
| Tapley | Put the taps in ale casks | UK Occupation |
| Tapsman | Head servant in charge | Scot.Occup |
| Tapster | Barman / woman | UK Occupation |
| Tar Boy | Applied tar (antiseptic) to sheep when nicked by shearers | UK Occupation |
| tärande sjukdom | pneumonia, consumption | Swedish |
| Tasker | Reaper | UK Occupation |
| Tasseler | Made tassels for furnishings | UK Occupation |
| Taverner | Innkeeper | UK Occupation |
| Tawer / Tawyer | Made white leather | UK Occupation |
| Teamster / Teamer / Teamer Man | Driver of a team horses used for hauling | UK Occupation |
| Tearer | Assisted a cloth printer in a print mill . Usually a youngster. | Scot.Occup |
| Teemer | 1) Emptied grain brought by cart 2) Poured molten steel into moulds | UK Occupation |
| Teerer/Tierer/Tier Boy | Spread a fresh surface of colour on the printer's 'pad' each time he used it to print calico | UK Occupation |
| Teizer | Removed slag from molten glass (18c glass industry) | UK Occupation |
| Tenementer | Tenant of dwelling in large town building (tenement) | Scot.Occup |
| Tenter / Tenterer | 1) Tenterer - Someone who, after cloth was dyed, stretched it on a frame, called a 'Tent' for drying . This frame was fitted with hooks known as 'Tenterhooks' - about which we all know! Photo (1950) 2) The term was also used for a person who looked after | UK Occupation |
| Tenter | Mechanic who tended and repaired apparatus, for example weaving power looms. | Scot.Occup |
| Territory | Area of land owned by a country, not a state or province,but having its own legislature and governor. | General |
| testament | The act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death | Colonial Diseases |
| Testamentary | Pertaining to a will. | General |
| testamente | will | Swedish |
| testate | Adjective, having left a valid will. When he has died testate, or leaving a will that has been probated, the property passes by devise to the person or persons so designated in the will. | Colonial Diseases |
| testator | A person who dies leaving a will or testament in force | Colonial Diseases |
| testes | witnesses | Latin |
| Tetanus | Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness | Medical |
| Textor | Weaver | UK Occupation |
| Thacker / Thatcher | Roof thatcher, using straw or, more usually, reeds | UK Occupation |
| Thatcher | Roofer working with natural cut reeds or heather thatch | Scot.Occup |
| Theemaker | Shoemaker | UK Occupation |
| Thirdborough | Under-constable | UK Occupation |
| Thong Maker | (No not those thongs!). A maker of leather whips and thongs. | Scot.Occup |
| Thresher | Separated chaff from grain | UK Occupation |
| Thrombosis | Blood clot inside blood vessel | Medical |
| Throstle Spinner | Attended a spinning machine known as a Throstle, due to the noise it made, which resembled a lark, or throstle. The machine was used for the continuous spinning of cotton (or wool) simultaneously onto long rows of, perhaps 300 or 400, pirns or bobbins. | UK Occupation |
| Throwster / Thrower | Textile worker attending machine which twisted together strands of fibre into yarn - cotton, silk, wool etc. | UK Occupation |
| Thrush | Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat | Medical |
| Tía | Aunt | Spanish |
| Tick fever | Rocky mountain spotted fever | Medical |
| Tick maker | Upholsterer | Scot.Occup |
| Ticket Porter | Porter wearing badges, or 'tickets', licensed by the City of London to carry goods, as well as documents and messages. They could be found in the streets and hired when needed | UK Occupation |
| Tickneyman / woman | Travelling earthenware seller | UK Occupation |
| tid | time | Swedish |
| Tide Gauger / Surveyor | Monitored the state of the tides | UK Occupation |
| Tide Waiter / Tidesman | Customs inspector who boarded ship on arrival to enforce customs regulations | UK Occupation |
| Tidewaiter | Customhouse officer who secured payment of duty from merchant vessels coming in to port | Scot.Occup |
| tidskrift | periodical | Swedish |
| Tiger | Liveried pageboy / groom | UK Occupation |
| tiggare | beggar | Swedish |
| Tiler | Worked with roof and floor tiles | UK Occupation |
| till | to | Swedish |
| Tiller | Farmer | UK Occupation |
| Tillman | Ploughman | UK Occupation |
| tillsammans | together | Swedish |
| tillstånd | dispensation, permission | Swedish |
| Timekeeper | A person responsible for making sure things happened on time e.g. worker | UK Occupation |
| Timeline | A table outlining the schedule of events for successive years within a particular historical period. | Genealogy |
| Times Ironer | Servant who literally ironed The Times newspaper! | UK Occupation |
| timma | hour | Swedish |
| timmerman | carpenter, builder | Swedish |
| Timoneer | A ship's helmsman (from French, timonier) | UK Occupation |
| Tin Dresser | Processed tin ore. | UK Occupation |
| Tin Streamer | Recovered tin ore by means of 'panning', as in gold panning, from rivers and streams | UK Occupation |
| Tinctor | Dyer | UK Occupation |
| ting | court | Swedish |
| tingslag | judicial district, assize division | Swedish |
| Tinker | An itinerant tin pot and pan seller, repairman / knife sharpener - also Iggler | UK Occupation |
| Tinner | 1) Tin miner 2) Tinsmith | UK Occupation |
| Tinsmith | Worked with tin | UK Occupation |
| Tinter / Teinter | Artists who tinted photographs before colour was available | UK Occupation |
| tio(nde) | ten (tenth) | Swedish |
| Tío | Uncle | Spanish |
| tionde | tenth, tithing | Swedish |
| tiondebok | tithing record | Swedish |
| Tipper | Tipped arrows etc. with metal | UK Occupation |
| Tippler | Alehouse keeper - It was also the name for an outside 'toilet'!! (hole in the ground!) | UK Occupation |
| Tipstaff | 1) Court official 2) Policeman | UK Occupation |
| Tirewoman | 1) Female dresser - esp. theatrical 2) Milliner 3) Hairdresser | UK Occupation |
| tisdag | Tuesday | Swedish |
| Tithable | Taxable. | General |
| tithe | A tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment | Colonial Diseases |
| Tixtor | Weaver | UK Occupation |
| tjänar | serves | Swedish |
| tjänare | servant | Swedish |
| tjänst | service, employment | Swedish |
| tjugo | twenty | Swedish |
| tjugoandra | twenty-second | Swedish |
| tjugoåtta | twenty-eight | Swedish |
| tjugoåttonde | twenty-eighth | Swedish |
| tjugoen, tjugoett | twenty-one | Swedish |
| tjugofem(te) | twenty-five (twenty-fifth) | Swedish |
| tjugofjärde | twenty-fourth | Swedish |
| tjugoförsta | twenty-first | Swedish |
| tjugofyra | twenty-four | Swedish |
| tjugonde | twentieth | Swedish |
| tjugonio (nde) | twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) | Swedish |
| tjugosex | twenty-six | Swedish |
| tjugosjätte | twenty-sixth | Swedish |
| tjugosju(nde) | twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) | Swedish |
| tjugotre | twenty-three | Swedish |
| tjugotredje | twenty-third | Swedish |
| tjugotvå | twenty-two | Swedish |
| tjuv | thief | Swedish |
| Tobacco Spinner | Made cigars | UK Occupation |
| Tod | Death | Germany |
| Todhunter | Employed by the parish to hunt foxes | UK Occupation |
| Todman | Man employed to kill foxes (tods) on an estate | Scot.Occup |
| Toe Rag | Worked in the docks as a corn porter | UK Occupation |
| Toilinet Maker / Knotter | Made 'toilinet' - a kind of quilting - The knotter made the knots at the edges | UK Occupation |
| tolfte | twelfth | Swedish |
| Toller / Tollie / Tollman / Tollgate Keeper | Collected road tolls at a Toll Gate/House | UK Occupation |
| tolv | twelve | Swedish |
| Tonsor | Barber - from Latin | UK Occupation |
| Tool Helver | Tool handle maker | UK Occupation |
| Top Sawyer | Upper man in a sawpit - using a long two-man saw | UK Occupation |
| Topman | Seaman - worked in the 'tops' (aloft) on sailing ships | UK Occupation |
| Topper | A seamstress, for example, of shirts | Scot.Occup |
| Topsman | Head cattle drover | UK Occupation |
| torpare | crofter, cottager | Swedish |
| torsdag | Thursday | Swedish |
| Tory | Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the American Revolution. | General |
| Tosher | Scratched a living by scavenging the Victorian sewers | UK Occupation |
| Totenscheins | Death record | Germany |
| Touch holer | Worked in gun making | UK Occupation |
| Tow Card Maker | Made 'tow cards' used in weaving mills | UK Occupation |
| Town Chamberlain | Looked after a town's affairs | UK Occupation |
| Town Crier | 'Cried' public announcements and used a bell to get attention | UK Occupation |
| Town Husband | Collected dues from fathers of illegitimate children of the parish for their upkeep | UK Occupation |
| Township | A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sections, or 36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeastern and Midwestern states of the U.S. | General |
| Townsman | Commercial traveller | UK Occupation |
| Townswaiter | Customs man | UK Occupation |
| Towsman | Man in charge of the halyards on a fishing boat | Scot.Occup |
| Toxemia of pregnancy | Eclampsia | Medical |
| Tozer | Worked in the mills 'tosing' (teasing) the cloth | UK Occupation |
| Trace Maker/Tracer | Worked in a draughting office, copying engineering diagrams, using tracing paper. In the days before photocopying, plans and diagrams for mining and manufacturing industries were copied by hand. It required accuracy, patience and a knack for using the pen without producing ink blots | UK Occupation |
| Trace-boy | Removed the tack, harness and traces from working horse | Scot.Occup |
| trädgårdsmästare | gardener | Swedish |
| Tradition | The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth. | General |
| Trammer | Young mineworker | UK Occupation |
| Trampler | Lawyer | UK Occupation |
| Tranqueter | Made barrel hoops | UK Occupation |
| Transcribe | To make a copy in writing. | General |
| Translator | In the shoe trade - a person who translates or remakes old shoe parts into a new shoe. i.e. a cobbler | UK Occupation |
| Tranter | Peddler, often hiring himself out with his horse and cart | UK Occupation |
| Trapper | Opened and shut doors for miners | UK Occupation |
| Traveller | 1) A Gypsy 2) Travelling salesman | UK Occupation |
| Travers | Toll bridge collector | UK Occupation |
| tre (tredje) | three (third) | Swedish |
| Treen Maker | Made wooden domestic goods | UK Occupation |
| Treenail Maker | Made 'treenails' - long wooden pins used in shipbuilding | UK Occupation |
| tremänning | second cousin | Swedish |
| Trench mouth | Painful ulcers found along gum line. Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene | Medical |
| Trencher Maker | Made wooden 'trenchers' - platters for serving or cutting food | UK Occupation |
| Trencherman | Cook | UK Occupation |
| trettio | thirty | Swedish |
| trettioen, trettioett | thirty-one | Swedish |
| trettioförsta | thirty-first | Swedish |
| trettionde | thirtieth | Swedish |
| tretton(de) | thirteen (thirteenth) | Swedish |
| trillingar | triplets | Swedish |
| Trimmer | 1) Ship's crewman who trimmed coal in ship's bunkers 2) Dockworker who trimmed grain or bulk cargo in ship's hold to spread it out evenly | UK Occupation |
| Troacher | Peddler | UK Occupation |
| trolovade | betrothed, engaged | Swedish |
| Troner | Official weigher in markets | UK Occupation |
| trosbekännelse | declaration of faith (religion) | Swedish |
| Trouchman / Truchman | Interpreter | UK Occupation |
| Trouncer | Drayman's assistant (Brewers) | UK Occupation |
| Trover | Smuggler | UK Occupation |
| Truchman | Interpreter | UK Occupation |
| Trugger / Trug maker | Made 'trugs' - shallow baskets | UK Occupation |
| trumslagare | drummer | Swedish |
| Trusser | Hay baler - made up hay trusses | UK Occupation |
| trustee | A natural or legal person to whom property is legally committed to be administered for the benefit of a beneficiary. | Colonial Diseases |
| Tubber | Made tubs and barrels - a cooper | UK Occupation |
| Tubedrawer | Made tubes | UK Occupation |
| tuberkulos | tuberculosis | Swedish |
| Tubman | 1) English barrister 2) Court official 3) Filled tubs in a coalmine | UK Occupation |
| Tucker | Cleaned cloth goods | UK Occupation |
| Tucker-in | Chambermaid who tucked in the bed-clothing | UK Occupation |
| tumör | tumor | Swedish |
| tunnbindare | barrelmaker | Swedish |
| Turkey Red Dyer | Turkey Red from madder root was used to dye cotton cloth ( United Turkey Red Co.Ltd. Alexandria ) | Scot.Occup |
| Turncock | Worked for the local water company, opening and closing the water supply. He also had to inform householders that their water was being turned off. | UK Occupation |
| Turner | 1) Lathe worker 2) Gymnast esp. street performers 3) In the Potteries; Turns the dried clay ware to the required outline before firing | UK Occupation |
| Turning Boy | Weaver's assistant - turned the loom bar | UK Occupation |
| Turnkey | Jailer | UK Occupation |
| Turnpike Keeper | Collected road tolls | UK Occupation |
| Turnspit | Boy who turned the spit handle, roasting meat. (Medieval) | UK Occupation |
| Tussis convulsiva | Whooping cough | Medical |
| två hundra(de) | two hundred (two-hundredth) | Swedish |
| två | two | Swedish |
| tvillingar | twins | Swedish |
| tvinsot | withering from multiple causes | Swedish |
| Tweeny / Tweenie | Maid employed 'between the stairs' assisting cook and housemaids | UK Occupation |
| Twiller | Produced a raised diagonal rib appearance in fabric | UK Occupation |
| Twine Spinner | Engaged in ropemaking by hand. | UK Occupation |
| Twist Hand | Used a lace-making machine | UK Occupation |
| Twister / Twisterer | Worked a machine twisting the yarns or threads Ring Frame Twister | UK Occupation |
| tyfus | typhoid | Swedish |
| Tympanitis | Infection of the inner ear membrane | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Type-founder | Printer who set out individual letters on printing blocks | Scot.Occup |
| Typhus | Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and Dizziness | Medical |
| Tyresmith | Blacksmith who specilised in making the iron bands (tyres) around wooden cart wheels before the introduction of rubber, later pneumatic tyres. | UK Occupation |
| tysk | German | Swedish |
| Tyskland | Germany | Swedish |
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