A Directory for the Village of Buffalo, containing the Names and Residence of the
Heads of Families and Householders, in said village, on the first of Jan. 1828.
(Buffalo, NY: L.P. Crary, pub., 1828)

Note: This compilation is from a reprint of the 1828 directory which was printed
in the 1876 edition.

Compiled by Chris Andrle, July 1998. 


This table shows the number of directory entries for each occupation.

118	labourer
68	joiner
53	grocer
43	merchant
42	cordwainer
41	clerk
25	cabinet maker
22	carpenter
22	mason
18	attorney
17	blacksmith
16	seaman
13	baker
13	printer
13	tailor
11	butcher
11	farmer
11	painter
9	hatter
8	coach maker
8	cooper
7	school teacher
7	stone cutter
7	tanner and currier
6	innkeeper
6	merchants
6	stage driver
5	boarding house
5	merchant tailor
5	shoe store
5	teamster
4	book binder
4	comb maker
4	coppersmith
4	forwarding and commission merchant
4	ostler
4	physician and surgeon
4	saddler
4	student
4	student at law
3	attorney at law
3	boarding-house
3	brewer
3	chair maker
3	clothier
3	constable
3	druggist
3	exchange broker
3	gunsmith
3	hackman
3	turner
2	attorneys
2	book-binder
2	burr mill stone factory
2	carver
2	druggists and grocers
2	dry goods merchant
2	forwarding & commission merchants
2	hat ware house
2	livery stable
2	milliner
2	rope maker
2	sail maker
2	ship carpenter
2	silversmith
2	silversmith and jeweler
2	teacher of languages
1	agent burr mill stone factory
1	auctioneer
1	baptist minister
1	bar tender
1	barber
1	basket maker
1	billiard room
1	block tin factory
1	boat runner
1	brick maker
1	Brooklyn Street
1	cabinet maker and upholsterer
1	carman
1	Cashier Bank of Niagara
1	chairmaker
1	chandler
1	clerk in land office
1	clerk in post office
1	clothing store
1	coach makers
1	coach trimmer
1	coachmaker
1	collector of canal tolls
1	collector of customs
1	comb factory
1	confectioner
1	county clerk
1	crockery merchants
1	cutler
1	district attorney
1	engineer
1	fancy goods merchant
1	farmers' hotel
1	fine cutlery store, eagle buildings
1	forwarding and commission merchants
1	fruit dealer
1	gentleman
1	goldsmith
1	grocer and merchant tailor
1	gun factory
1	hardware merchant
1	hardware merchants
1	hat and fur store
1	hat ware-house
1	hotel
1	innkeepers
1	inspector beef and pork
1	iron mongery & tin factory
1	ironmonger
1	ironmongery store and plough factory
1	jailor
1	land office
1	light house keeper
1	looking glass factory
1	lumber merchants
1	mail carrier
1	Mansion House
1	mechanick's hall
1	merchant, green store
1	music store
1	national hotel
1	painters
1	paper manufacturer
1	Phoenix hotel
1	physician
1	plough maker
1	plough manufacturer
1	poor master
1	post master
1	President Niagara Bank
1	printers
1	printers, book sellers and book binders
1	printers, book-binders and book-sellers
1	provision merchant
1	Publick Square
1	salt merchant
1	sawyer
1	sexton
1	sheet iron and tin factory
1	sheriff
1	ship chandler
1	shoe store & tanner & currier
1	silver smith
1	stage agent
1	stage office
1	stage proprietor
1	steam boat hotel
1	steam-boat agent
1	stone tavern
1	tailer
1	tailor and dyer
1	tallow chandler
1	tanner & currier
1	tanners and curriers
1	Teacher of High School
1	theatre
1	timber merchant
1	tin factory
1	tin maker
1	tinman
1	tobacconist
1	tobacconist and grocer
1	upholsterer
1	waterman
1	Western Ensurance Office
1	wheelright
1	whitesmith