Genealogy Projects tagged with lumber on the Geni Family Tree

Sawyers, Sawmill Builders, and Lumber Merchants

Sawyer Sawyer is an occupational term referring to someone who saws wood, particularly using a pit saw either in a saw pit or with the log on trestles above ground or operates a sawmill. One such job is the occupation of someone who cuts lumber to length for the consumer market, a task now often done by end users or at lumber and home improvement stores. The term is still widely used in the log...