From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Sep 18 21:09:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8J39Fjb028982; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:09:15 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8J38nrY022107 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:08:49 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8J0R8FI029791 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:27:08 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8J0R85M029790 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:27:08 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8INtpFI029660 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:55:51 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8J2bJ7J019955 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:37:19 -0600 X-Envelope-From: botteron@alum.mit.edu Mon Sep 18 20:37:19 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8J2bJjb019946 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:37:19 -0600 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8J2bHQv026410 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:37:17 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.47] ([70.22.164.46]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J5T00KJHJ9NGC54@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:37:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:37:07 -0400 From: Carol Botteron In-reply-to: <200609182140.k8ILetap002900@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed References: <200609182140.k8ILetap002900@lists5.rootsweb.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Occupation "Fresco Artist"? "Fresco" refers to painting on wet plaster (or sometimes dry plaster) but what would a "fresco artist" actually do for a living? In the 1900 census of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the household of Ferdinand Firks included several sons. August (age 23) was listed as a fresco artist. Herman (18) was a laborer in a lumber mill. In 1910 August was not in the household but his brother Herman was listed as a fresco artist. In both 1900 and 1910, other family members worked as laborers and in knitting mills. In 1920 August had his own household and was listed as a decorator. Herman was living with his in-laws and was a laborer. I doubt August and Herman had a lot of education. Maybe a fresco artist worked in construction, making murals on interior walls? (I'm interested in this family because a younger brother, Frank Firks, married my relative Mabel Botteron.) adTHANKSvance! Carol Botteron (that's French Swiss)