Occupations in French on census - help!

[Mary Anne]

Folks

A challenge to all of the handwriting and language wizards out there. I ahve two men on the Québec census whose occupaitons I ahve been puzzling over. As they are in French, the usual issue with handwriting is exacerbated.

One man is Thomas Hobbs Bickell, in 1875, when he was married, he was "commercial traveller". By the 1881 census, he is listed, in French, as a "Commis XXX", looks like "egasera" or something... https://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...us%20occup.jpg

Also in the 1881 census I ahve a 54-year-old fatehr-in-law of a family who is listed as deaf, and his occupation is given as what looks to me as "Reliser" or "Peliser". His son-in-law, several lines up is listed as a "Commis voyageur, epiceries en gros" which I interpret as a "commercial traveller in bulk or wholesale spices".
https://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...es%20occup.jpg

Does anyone have any ideas?

Does anyone know of a site that lists occupations in French?

TIA, everyone


Mary Anne

('course, now, as I look at the first one it possibly does say "Commis voyageur"!!!)

[Jan1954]

Does anyone know of a site that lists occupations in French?

Try this pdf document.

[Mary Anne]

Thanks, Jan, that helps with the basics. I will surely file it for the future.

Unfortunately, I still am not finding the second word in the sequence of "Commis XXX" or a likely suspect for the older man.

Mary Anne

[Sue Mackay]

I can't get either of your links to work, Mary-Anne. They both chunter away and then Time Out

[Mona]

Could this also be Commiss voyageur?

[AdeleE]

I agree. The first one looks like commis voyageur. The second one looks like Relieur = Bookbinder?

Adele

[Sue Mackay]

Links work now and I agree with Adele

[Mary Anne]

thank you, everyone, I think you are probably right -- relieur certainly has the appropriate letters! I had no previous history with this man so I wasn't sure...

Mary Anne