GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS
| acct accountant adj adjustor admn administrator or administration adv advertising agcy agency agrl agriculture agt agent al alley Am American appr apprentice apts apartments archt architect asmblr assembler assoc associate asst assistant atty attorney aud auditor av avenue bgemn baggageman bkbndr bookbinder bkpr bookkeeper bldr builder blk blk blksmith blacksmith blrmkr boilermaker blvd boulevard bmo business machine operator br branch brklyr bricklayer brkmn brakeman bur bureau CSP Christian Science Practitioner cabtmkr Cabinetmaker carp carpenter cash cashier chauf chauffeur chem chemist orchemical chf chief chkr checker cir circle civ civil clk clerk cln cleaning or cleaner clo clothing collr collector coml commercial comm commission comnr commissioner comp compositor condr conductor confr confectioner constn construction contr contractor cor corner corres correspondent ct court ctr cutter custdn custodian del delivery dep deputy dietn dietitian dtr director dispr dispatcher dist district distr distributor div division dlr dealer dmnstr demonstrator do ditto or same dr drive drftsmn draftsman drsmkr dressmaker |
e or E East educ education elec electrical or electric electn electrician electro electrper elev elevator emp employee eng engineer engr engraver equip equipment es east side exam examiner esch exchange exp express fcty factory fdry foundry Fed Federal fl floor fnshr finisher formn foreman forwn forewoman frt freight ft foot ftr fitter furn furniture furngs furnishings gdnr gardener gds goods genl general geol gealogist govt government gro grocer h householder hairdrsr hairdresser hdw hardware hlpr helper hndlr handler hosp hospital hq headquarters hsekpr housekeeper htg heating Hts heights implts implements ins insurance insp inspector or inspection instr instructor int dec interior decorator int rev. internal revenue inv investment jan janitor jwlr jeweler kpr keeper la lane lab laborer laby laboratory lbr lumber lbrn librarian lino linotype litho lithographer ldnrs laundress lndry laundry ltd limited lwyer lawyer mach machinist or machine mdse merchanduse mech mechanic or mechanical med medical Met Metropolitan meter rdr meter reader mfg manufacturing mfr manufacturer |
mgr manager mkr market mldr molder mlnr milliner mn man mono monotype msngr messenger mstr master mtce maintencance mtge mortgage mtr motorman or motor mus music mut mutual n or N North Natl National ne northeast ns north side nw north west ofc office opp opposite opr operator optn optician optom optometrist osteo osteopath PS Public School PTS Postal Transportation Service pass passenger pharm pharmacist photog photographer phys physician pk park pkwy parkway pl place plmb plumber or plumbling plshr polisher plstr plasterer pntr painter pres president prfrdr proofreader prin principal priv private prntr printer prod produce prof professor prsfdr press feeder prsmn pressman prsr presser ptrnmkr patternmaker pub public publ publisher or publishing purch purchasing r resides or rooms R room RC Roman Catholic RD Rural Delivery rd road rdr reader real est real estate rec receiving recpt receptionist refgr refrigeration or refrigerator rep representative repr repairman or repair restr restaurant ret retail Rev Reverend rm room |
s or S South san sanitary Sav Savings sch school se south east sec secretary serv service sjip shipping sht mt; sheet metal sls sales smstra seamstress soc society solr solicitor spl special sq square srtr sorter ss south side sta station sta eng stationary engineer stat statistician or statistical sten stenographer stereo stereotyper stge storage stmftr steamfitter str settler studt student stvdr stevedore sup supply supt superintendent supvr supervisor sw southwest swtchmn switchman sys system tchr teacher tech technician tel telephone teleg telegraph telev television ter terrace tmkpr timekeeper tndr tender tob tobacco trans transportation trav traveling treas treasurer trmr trimmer trnmn trainman tstr tester twp township typ typist USA U. S. Army USAF U. S. Air Force USCG U. S. Coast Guard USMC U. S. Marine Corps USN U. S. Navy undwrtr underwriter Univ University uphol upholsterer vet veterinary vulc vulcanizer w or W West whol wholesale whsemn warehouseman wid widow wkr worker wks works wldr welder ws west side wtchmn watchman ydmn yardman ydmstr yardmaster |
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
| Abr Abraham Alex Alexander Alf Alfred Arth Arthur Aug August Benj Benjamin Cath Catherine Chas Charles Danl Daniel Edw Edward |
Eliz Elizabeth Eug Eugene Fredk Frederick Geo George Jas James Jos Joseph Kath Katherine Margt Margaret Michl Michael Nathl Nathaniel |
Patk Patrick Richd Richard Robt Robert Saml Samuel Sol Solomon Steph Stephen Theo Theodore Thos Thomas Wm William |