Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - My Ancestors Occupations

It's Saturday Night, time for more Genealogy Fun!!  Randy Seaver, at www.geneamusings.com presents a challenge each Saturday.  I've decided to join in again this week, this time taking a glance at the occupations in my ancestral line.  So here goes:

For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I challenge you to:
Geneablogger Diane Gould Hall posted WORKDAY WEDNESDAY – What kind of work did your ancestors do? on her Michigan Family Trails blog this past week, and I thought the topic could be used as an SNGF post.  Please go back several generations (say parents or grandparents or great-grandparents) and list the occupations that they had in the records you've found for them.
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Starting with my parents, I'll see if I can make an outline of the occupations back to my great grandparents:
My father: Frank Niehaus (1916 - 1990)
1931 - 42 - Steam pressman for C. B. Cones & Sons Overall Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
1943 - 48 - Electrician, P. R. Mallory Company, Indpls.
1948 - 73 - Electrician, Western Electric Company, Indpls.
My mother: Rosemary (Weber) Niehaus (1916 - 2001)
1935 - 41 - Secretary, Global Indemnity Life Insurance Company, Indpls.
1942 - 52 - Keeping House, Indpls.
1953 - 59 - Secretary, Western Electric Company, Indpls.
1970 - 75 - Secretary, Indiana University Medical Center, Indpls.
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My Paternal Grandfather: John Niehaus (1889-1956)
1910 - 43 - Garment Cutter, C. B. Cones & Sons Overall Manufacturing Co., Indpls
1944 - 51 - Cutter, Chevrolet Body Co., Indpls.
My Paternal Grandmother: Louise (Albers) Niehaus (1893-1919)
1911 - Keeping house, Indpls.
My Maternal Grandfather: Harry L. Weber (1887-1946)
1906 - 1946 - Banking: Starting as Messenger and ending as Cashier, Fletcher Savings & Trust Company, Indpls.
My Maternal Grandmother: Otillia (Kuhn) Weber (1891 - 1965)
1910 - Bookkeeper, Retail Dry Good Store, Indpls.
1913 - Keeping House, Indpls.
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My Paternal Great Grandfather: Joseph Niehaus (1848-1921)
1870? - 1885 - Rug Weaver and Merchant, Emsdetten, Westphalia, Germany
1885 - 1921 - Rug Weaver and Merchant, Indpls.
My Paternal Great Grandmother: Gertrude (Wilmsen) Niehaus (1847-1895)
1873 - Keeping house, Emsdetten, Westphalia, Germany
1885 - 95 - Keeping house, Indianapolis, IN
My Paternal Great Grandfather: Charles H. Albers (1865-1915)
???? - Immigrated to U. S. in 1884 at 18. Wish I knew more about those early years.
1891 - 99 - Laborer, Indianapolis, IN
1908 - Gateman, Indpls.
1910 - Hardware Salesman, Indpls.
1915 - Laborer, Indpls.
My Paternal Great Grandmother: Martha Marsischky Albers (1874-1952)
1892 - Keeping house, Indpls.
My Maternal Great Grandfather: Henry Adam Weber (1859-1938)
1875 - 85 - Clerk, L. Kahn and New York Store, Indpls.
1886 - 1912 - Merchant, Weber & Zimmer Dry Goods Company, Indpls.
1913 - 19 - Worked in the City Engineer's Office for Mayors Shank and Bell, Indpls.
1920 - Stock keeper in a saw factory, Indpls.
1921 - 29 - Clerk, George Paetz & Sons, Upholstery Fabrics Wholesaler, Indpls.
My Maternal Great Grandmother: Mary Anna (Keen) Weber (1860-1928)
1879-1885 - Clerk, New York Store, Indpls.
1886 - Keeping house, Indpls.
My Maternal Great Grandfather: Charles Anthony Kuhn (1850-1916)
1877 - 1909 - Brewery man, C. F. Schmidt Brewing Company, Indpls.
1910 - Watchman, Auto Factory, Indpls.
My Maternal Great Grandmother: Mary Anna (Risch) Kuhn (1851-1911)
1879 - Keeping house, Indpls.
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      Wow! That was an interesting puzzle to put together. I found a few discrepancies in my records and tidied up some information as I was assembling everyone's timeline. And those missing links stand out better now.  I am adding to my to-do list already.  Thanks for the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!
     And, thanks for visiting Indiana Ties,
     Nancy

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