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Occupational titles are as provided by the source; odd-sounding titles are most likely those recorded by census takers.
box maker - box shop
     Lewiston Auburn area
Goldie / Golda Levenson   1920   1920USFedCensus ED: 5 Pg: 5 Ln: 5
Goldie / Golda Levenson   1920   1920USFedCensus
Mae Rittenberg   1920   1920USFedCensus
May Supovitz   1920   1920USFedCensus
brick mason by trade
     Bath
Louis E  Petlock z"l     NathanCoganBathHistory
bricklayer
Louis E  Petlock z"l     CoganBathHistory2009
Builder
     Greater Portland
Jacob Cox z"l     James Cox (2016)
builder and contractor
     Greater Bangor
John L Russel     BethIsrael50
building contractor
     Greater Portland
Jacob Cox z"l   1920 after "became prosperous"  George Alan Perry (email of Jan 30, 2011)
Sarah Cox z"l   1920   1920FederalCensus
     Ohio
Jacob K "Jack" Lichter z"l   1930   Robert Buzz Rosenberg family tree 2008
Cabinet maker
     Greater Portland
Abraham Arnowitz   1916   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 77
Joseph Arnowitz   1916   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 78
Rose / Rosie / Rosa Arnowitz z"l   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 79
Cabinet Maker
Abe/Abraham Fineberg   1909   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 27
Cabinet maker
Samuel Fineberg   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Isaac Kodis z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Cabinet Maker
Nathan Metter   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 49
Cabinet maker
     Lewiston Auburn area
Barnard Norman   1920   1920USFedCensus
Cabinet Maker
Barnard Norman   1920   1920USFedCensus ED: 5 Pg: 5 Ln: 5
cabinet maker-factory
     Greater Portland
Abe/Abraham Fineberg   1920   1920-Federal Census
cabinet maker-furniture
Nathan Metter   1920   1920-Federal Census
Carpenter
     Aroostook County
Dolf Koran   1940   1940 US Federal Census - Aroostook
Dolf Koran   1940   1940 US Federal Census - Aroostook
     Greater Portland
Rose / Rosie / Rosa Arnowitz z"l   1920   1920FederalCensus
Edith Citrin z"l   1917   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 117
carpenter
Jacob Cox z"l   1920   George Alan Perry (email of Jan 30, 2011)
Carpenter
Morris "Mashke" Cox   1914   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 23
Samuel Feinberg z"l   1909   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 5
carpenter
Samuel Fineberg z"l   1909   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records
Simon / Symon Finn   1924   1924 Maine City Directory - Portland area
Simon / Symon Finn   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Carpenter
[First Name Not Known] Frankel   1917   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 132
David Goldstein z"l   1910   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 34
Jacob Katman   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 39
carpenter
Charles Lonstein z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Carpenter
Lena Lonstein z"l   1912   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 44
Dora Sclar z"l   1911   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 62
carpenter
Harry Sclar z"l   1910   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records
Carpenter
Mary Sclar z"l   1910   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 11
Louis Serata/Serota   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 63
Joe Sheriff   1917   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 67
carpenter
     Not Sure
Joseph Rosenberg     MtSinaiCem-CardIndex
carpenter - house
     Greater Biddeford
Irving Feinberg   1930   1930USFederalCensus-Saco
Irving Feinberg   1930 house  1930 US Fed Census - Saco
     Greater Portland
Oscar Cox z"l   1920   1920FederalCensus
Louis Serata/Serota   1920   1920-Federal Census
carpenter - mill yard
     Sanford
Valentine Abraham   1920   1920 US Fed Census - Sanford
Carpenter-machine shop
     Greater Biddeford
Lenwood Davis   1940   1940 US Fed Census Biddeford
commisary steward - construction works
     Greater Bangor
Samuel Henry Golden z"l   1930   1930 US Federal Census Bangor
Contractor-Painter
     Greater Portland
Dora K Palais   1920   1920-Federal Census
Designer
Isadore K Silverman z"l  Panama Canal 1942   Sherri Quint (2018)
Home Builder
     Greater Bangor
Gordon Striar z"l   1954-1956   Michael Striar (2020)
Home builder
     Greater Portland
Charles Kaatz z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Laborer - Construction bldg.
     Kennebec County
(excluding Greater Augusta and Waterville)
Martin F King   1940   1940 US Federal Census Randolph
laborer - consturction
     Greater Bangor
Lewis I Leavitt   1930   1930 US Federal Census Bangor
laborer constructiion
     Lewiston Auburn area
Henry Sobelsky   1930   1930LewistonCensus
laborer-building construction
Albert Shuburt   1940   1940 US Fed Census Lewiston
Laborer-W.P.A. Road Construction
     Rumford
Frank J. Gidman   1940   1940 US Fed Census Rumford
Manager
     Lewiston Auburn area
Samuel Simonds z"l  Paper Box Factory 1955   1955 Zelch
moulder - foundry
     Greater Biddeford
Abraham Kay   1910   1910FedCensusBiddeford
Abraham Kay   1920   1920FedCensusBiddeford
Moulder - Iron Foundry
Joseph Fleischer z"l   1910   1910FedCensusBiddeford
paint/paper-merchant
     Greater Rockland
Addie Bloom   1910   1910CensusRussianBornYiddishSpeaking
Painter
     Greater Portland
Joseph Brener   1916   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 81
Joseph Brenner z"l   1910   1910 US Federal Census
Samuel "Sam" Cohen   1919   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 171
painter
Howard Hirshon z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Alexander Kaatz z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Samuel Kaatz   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Painter
Frances Katz   1920   1920-Federal Census
Louis Lawenberg   1916   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 93
painter
Gedalia Levine z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Painter
William Levine     Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 183
Sam Mayers or Myers   1920   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 177
painter
Charles Palais   1922   HainesMarriageRecords
Painter
Abraham Rapport   1909   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 53
Julia Rubin   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 59
Geo A Saffir   1915   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 106
Lewis/Louis Samft/Zandt   1909   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 60
Harry Stein   1911   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 15
Joseph Stein   1917   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 129
Joseph (Mrs) Stein   1917   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 129
     Lewiston Auburn area
William I Arnowitz   1955   1955 Zelch
painter
Samuel Bloom   1930   1930USFedCensus ED: 8 Pg: 4 Ln: 8
Painter
Harry E Shapiro   1936   1936 Abromson
painter - painting
Samuel Bloom   1930   1930USFedCensus
painter - shoe shop
David Sadler   1920   1920LewistonCensus
painter house
     Bath
Abraham / Abram Miller z"l   1910   1910 US Federal Census - Bath
painter paint shop
     Lewiston Auburn area
Caron Minkowsky   1930   1930LewistonCensus
Prop - Structural Steel
M Samuel Alpren  Structual Steel 1955   1955 Zelch
Sheet Metal
Nathan Halperin z"l   1936   1936 Abromson
Nathan Halperin z"l  Minnie Halperin 1955   1955 Zelch
sheet metal work
[FirstNameBeginsWith H-1st] Kalman   1930   1930LewistonCensus
[FirstNameBeginsWith H-1st] Kalman   1930   1930LewistonCensus
sheet metal worker
     state-wide Maine
Charles Zundel Leventhal z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
sheet metal worker - metal works
     Lewiston Auburn area
Nathan Alpren   1920   1920USFedCensus