A collection of the occupations or job descriptions of the people living in London in the 1890's. Most of the descriptions are fairly self explanatory, I'll elaborate on the ones that aren't in due course.
| Gabeler | A tax collector. |
| Gaffer | foreman of a work crew, or an elderly rustic, an old man. |
| Gaffman | a bailiff |
| Gager | A tax collector of liquor taxes. |
| Galvaniser | iron worker who coated metal with zinc, to inhibit rust |
| Gamekeeper | looked after the grounds and protected the game against poachers on a country estate |
| Gamester | gambler or prostitute |
| Ganger or Gangsman | An overseer or foreman |
| Ganneker | A tavern keeper. |
| Gaoler | A keeper of the gaol, a jailer |
| Garcifer or Garcio | A groom, or attendant. |
| Gardener | looked after gardens |
| Garlekmonger or Garlicmonger | A dealer in garlic. |
| Garthman | A yardman or herdsman, or one responsible for the upkeep of a garth, a dam built in a river to catch fish. |
| Gas Fitter & Plumber | fitted gas appliances; gas lamps initially, and lead piping |
| Gas Stoker | stoked the fire in a gas works |
| Gater | A watchman. |
| Gatherer | A glassworker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the glass blower. |
| Gatherer's Boy | A person who held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat of a fire or furnace. |
| A goat keeper. | |
| Gauger | A customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty. |
| Gaunter | A glover |
| Gaveller | A Usurer, or in the Forest of Dean, an officer of the Crown who granted gales or the right to work a mine, or in Suffolk a harvest worker, usually female. |
| Gelder | A castrator of animals, usually horses. |
| General Dealer, Shop | a shop that sold almost everything. General was often abreviated to Gen, or Gen'l. |
| General Laborer | American spelling of general labourer |
| General Labourer | general labourer, usually lifting and carrying etc |
| General Servant | general servant, usually domestic |
| Gentleman | a member of the gentry, a descendant from an aristocratic family whose income came from the rental of his land. |
| Geometer | A person skilled in geometry. |
| Gerund Grinder | A nickname for a latin instructor. |
| Gilder | applies gold leaf |
| Gimler | A machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card. |
| Ginerr | A joiner. |
| Ginour or Gynour | An engineer. |
| Girdler | A leather worker who made girdles and belts, mainly in the army. |
| Girthhoxter | See Girthweaver. |
| Glass Blower | maker of glass items |
| Glass Coachman | A driver of a two-horse carriage hired out for the day. |
| Glassman | A seller of glassware. |
| Glassewryght, or Glasswright | maker and mender of glassware. |
| Glazier | glass cutter or window glassman |
| Glove Finisher | finished gloves |
| Glover | One that makes or sells gloves |
| Goat Carriage Man | A driver of small passenger carriage. |
| Gobar | A jobber. |
| Gold Beater | Someone who beats gold to shape it into something. |
| Gold Embroider | Someone who embroiders in gold thread. |
| Goldsmith | maker of gold articles. Also a nickname for a banker. |
| Goldsmith, silversmith | Maker of gold and silver articles. |
| Goodman | a solid member of the community who ranked above a free-man but below a gentleman on the social scale. |
| Goose Herd | A person who keeps or tends geese. |
| Gorzeman | A person who sells gorse or broom. |
| Grace Wife | A midwife. |
| Graffer | A notary or scrivener. |
| Granger | farmer |
| Graver | An engraver, a carver or sculptor, or a dockside worker who cleaned ships bottoms by burning and tarring. |
| Grazier | pastures and raises cattle |
| Greave or Grieve | A bailiff, foreman or sheriff. |
| Grecher | A grocer. |
| Green Grocer | Someone who sells fruit and vegetables. |
| Green Smith | Someone who works with copper & latten |
| Greenwich Barber | A retailer of sand collected from the Greenwich pits. |
| Griffin | A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways; a novice, a newcomer, a greenhorn. |
| Grimbribber | A lawyer. |
| Grinder | One who operated a grinding machine in various trades, or a worker who maintained a carding machine in the textile industry, or a private tutor (slang). |
| Grindery Dealer | dealer in ground stuff; spices etc |
| Grocer | short for green groce |
| Grocer's Manager | manager of a green grocer's shop |
| Grocery & General Dealer | sold almost everything including fruit and veg |
| Groom | looked after horses |
| Groover | A miner. |
| Groundsel & Chickweed Seller | A street seller of common weeds, used to feed pet song-birds. |
| Guardian | Appointed by the court, someone who cares for the property and rights of a minor or someone incapable of handling his or her own affairs. |
| Guilderer | A maker of gold or silver coins |
| Guinea Pig | An unattached or roving person whose fee was usually a guinea (slang). |
| Gummer | A person who improved old saws by deepening the cuts. |
| Gunsmith, Gun manfacturer | made guns |
| Gynour or Ginour | An engineer. |
| Gyp | college servant especially one attending undergraduates |
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