[Genealib] Occupation "Molter"

[Jean Adkins]

Molder is a job in a steel mill.  Does that fit?
 
Jean Adkins
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Subject: Re: [Genealib] Occupation "Molter"



Could it perhaps be "Malter" - someone perhaps working in a brewery?
Since the birth took place in Chicago, the patron should consult city
directories which might include the father's place of employment.

Barbara Hill


> I also checked the 1949 (Second) Edition of the Dictionary of
> Occupational Titles. Volume 1 - Definitions of Titles. Washington, DC:
> Government Printing Office. [Prepared by the U.S. Employment Service,
> Division of Occupational Analysis.]
>
> No such thing as a molter or moulter listed there either.
>
> FYI - "The Dictionary was developed to provide a major source to which
> the public employment service worker could turn for occupational
> information." The first edition was published in 1939. The descriptions
> were based on actual visits by job analysts all over the country. The
> 1949 edition has over 40,000 job titles in 1500 pages of small print
> with terse descriptive paragraphs for each.
>
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