This is a collection of the job titles or occupations of the people living in London in the 19th Century.
| Gabeler | A tax collector. |
| Gaffer | foreman of a work crew, or an elderly rustic, an old man. |
| Gaffman | a bailiff |
| Gager | A tax collector of liquor taxes. |
| Galvaniser | iron worker who coated metal with zinc, to inhibit rust |
| Gamekeeper | looked after the grounds and protected the game against poachers on a country estate |
| Gamester | gambler or prostitute |
| Ganger or Gangsman | An overseer or foreman |
| Ganneker | A tavern keeper. |
| Gaoler | A keeper of the gaol, a jailer |
| Garcifer or Garcio | A groom, or attendant. |
| Gardener | looked after gardens |
| Garlekmonger or Garlicmonger | A dealer in garlic. |
| Garthman | A yardman or herdsman, or one responsible for the upkeep of a garth, a dam built in a river to catch fish. |
| Gas Fitter & Plumber | fitted gas appliances; gas lamps initially, and lead piping |
| Gas Stoker | stoked the fire in a gas works |
| Gater | A watchman. |
| Gatherer | A glassworker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the glass blower. |
| Gatherer's Boy | A person who held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat of a fire or furnace. |
| A goat keeper. | |
| Gauger | A customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty. |
| Gaunter | A glover |
| Gaveller | A Usurer, or in the Forest of Dean, an officer of the Crown who granted gales or the right to work a mine, or in Suffolk a harvest worker, usually female. |
| Gelder | A castrator of animals, usually horses. |
| General Dealer, Shop | a shop that sold almost everything. General was often abreviated to Gen, or Gen'l. |
| General Laborer | American spelling of general labourer |
| General Labourer | general labourer, usually lifting and carrying etc |
| General Servant | general servant, usually domestic |
| Gentleman | a member of the gentry, a descendant from an aristocratic family whose income came from the rental of his land. |
| Geometer | A person skilled in geometry. |
| Gerund Grinder | A nickname for a latin instructor. |
| Gilder | applies gold leaf |
| Gimler | A machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card. |
| Ginerr | A joiner. |
| Ginour or Gynour | An engineer. |
| Girdler | A leather worker who made girdles and belts, mainly in the army. |
| Girthhoxter | See Girthweaver. |
| Glass Blower | maker of glass items |
| Glass Coachman | A driver of a two-horse carriage hired out for the day. |
| Glassman | A seller of glassware. |
| Glassewryght, or Glasswright | maker and mender of glassware. |
| Glazier | glass cutter or window glassman |
| Glove Finisher | finished gloves |
| Glover | One that makes or sells gloves |
| Goat Carriage Man | A driver of small passenger carriage. |
| Gobar | A jobber. |
| Gold Beater | Someone who beats gold to shape it into something. |
| Gold Embroider | Someone who embroiders in gold thread. |
| Goldsmith | maker of gold articles. Also a nickname for a banker. |
| Goldsmith, silversmith | Maker of gold and silver articles. |
| Goodman | a solid member of the community who ranked above a free-man but below a gentleman on the social scale. |
| Goose Herd | A person who keeps or tends geese. |
| Gorzeman | A person who sells gorse or broom. |
| Grace Wife | A midwife. |
| Graffer | A notary or scrivener. |
| Granger | farmer |
| Graver | An engraver, a carver or sculptor, or a dockside worker who cleaned ships bottoms by burning and tarring. |
| Grazier | pastures and raises cattle |
| Greave or Grieve | A bailiff, foreman or sheriff. |
| Grecher | A grocer. |
| Green Grocer | Someone who sells fruit and vegetables. |
| Green Smith | Someone who works with copper & latten |
| Greenwich Barber | A retailer of sand collected from the Greenwich pits. |
| Griffin | A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways; a novice, a newcomer, a greenhorn. |
| Grimbribber | A lawyer. |
| Grinder | One who operated a grinding machine in various trades, or a worker who maintained a carding machine in the textile industry, or a private tutor (slang). |
| Grindery Dealer | dealer in ground stuff; spices etc |
| Grocer | short for green groce |
| Grocer's Manager | manager of a green grocer's shop |
| Grocery & General Dealer | sold almost everything including fruit and veg |
| Groom | looked after horses |
| Groover | A miner. |
| Groundsel & Chickweed Seller | A street seller of common weeds, used to feed pet song-birds. |
| Guardian | Appointed by the court, someone who cares for the property and rights of a minor or someone incapable of handling his or her own affairs. |
| Guilderer | A maker of gold or silver coins |
| Guinea Pig | An unattached or roving person whose fee was usually a guinea (slang). |
| Gummer | A person who improved old saws by deepening the cuts. |
| Gunsmith, Gun manfacturer | made guns |
| Gynour or Ginour | An engineer. |
| Gyp | college servant especially one attending undergraduates |
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