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Genealogical terms starting with 'R'

R CONDUCTOR railway conductor ABBREVIATION

R ROAD Railroad ABBREVIATION

R.I.P. Requiescat in pace; (may he (she) rest in peace) LATIN

R/R Railroad ABBREVIATION

RABIES canine madness or hydrophobia MEDICAL

RACK MAIDEN girl employed in the tin mines of Cornwall to dress the ore OCCUPATION

RAD Radnorshire, WLS PLACE-NAME

RAFF MERCHANT seller of fiber used to make raffia bags, etc OCCUPATION

RAFFINERIES DU SUCRE sugar refiners FRENCH

RAFFMAN one who dealt in raff (saleable rubbish) OCCUPATION

RAG AND BONE MAN one who went from street to street with a cart and collected any old rubbish, usually in exchange for a small item, e.g. a block of soapstone OCCUPATION

RAG CUTTER one who cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making paper, etc OCCUPATION

RAG GATHERERS employed to clear the rags from the machinery in the mills (usually children) OCCUPATION

RAG MAN one who went from street to street collecting and selling old clothes and rags OCCUPATION

RAG PICKER sorted through the left over rags to find re-usable ones OCCUPATION

RAG-PICKER'S DISEASE anthrax MEDICAL

RAILWAY SPINE back injury MEDICAL

RAKER street sanitation worker OCCUPATION

RAPPORTEUR reporter FRENCH

RATONER rat catcher OCCUPATION

RATTLEWATCH town watchman OCCUPATION

RB Reformed Baptist ABBREVIATION

RC Roman Catholic ABBREVIATION

RD MASTER road master ABBREVIATION

RE Reformed Episcopalian ABBREVIATION

RECTIFIER one who distilled alcoholic spirits OCCUPATION

RECTOR a clergyman or priest in charge of a parish; the chief elective officer of some universities (France & Scotland); in Scotland a headmaster of a school OCCUPATION

REDAR interpreter of dreams OCCUPATION

REDSMITH goldsmith OCCUPATION

REEDER worked with reeds for hedging or thatching OCCUPATION

REEDMAKER made the pipe for a musical instrument; made a weavers implement (a reed) or reed cloth or the comb used in tapestry OCCUPATION

REELER operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin OCCUPATION

REEVE church warden OCCUPATION

REGINA queen LATIN

REGIS king LATIN

REGISTRAR official who registers events such as land purchases or births OCCUPATION

RELAPSING FEVER an infectious disease with periods of fever and periods of normal temperature; the several varieties are all caused by the spirochetes of the genus borrelia MEDICAL

RELECTA widow LATIN

RELECTUS widower LATIN

RELICT the survivor of a married couple LATIN

RELIEUR bookbinder FRENCH

RELIGIEUSE nun FRENCH

RELIGIO religion LATIN

REMITTING FEVER malaria MEDICAL

RENATUS baptized, re-born LATIN

RENOVATOR one who repaired clothing OCCUPATION

RENTIER a person living on a private income or annuity FRENCH

RENTIER gentleman of private means FRENCH

REQUIESCAT IN PACE rest in peace; also r.i.p. LATIN

RES GESTAE statements which because of their intimate relation to the facts become part of those facts & are LEGAL

RESTAURATEUR restaurant keeper FRENCH

RESTIO rope maker LATIN

RET retired ABBREVIATION

RETINITIS inflammation of the retina MEDICAL

REU Reuss (Beide), GER PLACE-NAME

REVENDEUR huckster FRENCH

REVENUER taxman who enforces tax laws on liquor OCCUPATION

REX king LATIN

RFW Renfrew, SCT PLACE-NAME

RH FACTOR a property of blood cells MEDICAL

RHA Rhone-Alpes, FRA PLACE-NAME

RHAGFYR December WELSH

RHEUMATIC FEVER an infectious disease causing pain among the joints mostly occurring in children and young adults MEDICAL

RHEUMATISM inflammation of the joints MEDICAL

RHINITIS inflammation of the membrane lining the nose MEDICAL

RHYWUN, UN one WELSH

RI Rhode Island, USA PLACE-NAME

RICKETS disease of the skeletal system mainly due to vitamin D deficiency MEDICAL

RICKMASTER Captain of Horse OCCUPATION

RIDDLER wool stapler OCCUPATION

RIFTERE reaper OCCUPATION

RIG a land measure equal to 9,000 square feet MEASURE

RIGGER hoist tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging OCCUPATION

RIGOR a chill; an attack of shivering during a feverish illness MEDICAL

RIGOUR a chill; an attack of shivering during a feverish illness MEDICAL

RIJEN October CZECH

RINGWORM a contagious disease of the skin caused by a fungi infection MEDICAL

RIPPIER fish seller OCCUPATION

RISING OF THE LIGHTS croup MEDICAL

RITTER'S DISEASE jaundice of newborns; also icterus neonatorum MEDICAL

RIVERMAN worker on a river boat OCCUPATION

RM Regular Methodist ABBREVIATION

RO Romania PLACE-NAME

ROC Ross & Cromar, SCT PLACE-NAME

ROCKGETTER rocksalt miner OCCUPATION

ROCKMAN worked in a quarry usually placing the charges on the rockface OCCUPATION

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER a typhus-like disease caused by a microorganism rickettia rickettsi. Also Sao Paulo fever. MEDICAL

ROD a measure of length, being 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet; often termed a pole or perch MEASURE

RODENT ULCER type of skin cancer - basal cell carcinoma MEDICAL

RODMAN surveyor's assistant OCCUPATION

ROLL TURNER carder of wool, cotton, etc into rolls prior to spinning OCCUPATION

ROLLER COVERER one who covered the rollers for the spinning process OCCUPATION

ROLLEYWAY MAN maintained the underground road in the mines OCCUPATION

ROMAN CEMENTER one who worked with roman cement used in stuccoing OCCUPATION

ROOD a square measure equivalent to 1/4 of an acre or 1210 square yards MEASURE

ROPER maker of ropes or nets OCCUPATION

ROS Roscommon, IRL PLACE-NAME

ROSE a flower that represents love SYMBOLS

ROSE erysipelas MEDICAL

ROSE COLD hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy MEDICAL

ROSE RASH roseola or false measles MEDICAL

ROSE, DAMASK a flower that represents beauty ever new SYMBOLS

ROSE, WHITE a flower that represents 'I am worthy of you' SYMBOLS

ROSE, YELLOW a flower that represents jealousy SYMBOLS

ROSEBUD, MOSS a plant that represents a confession of love SYMBOLS

ROSEOLA rose rash or false measles MEDICAL

ROSEOLA measles or German measles MEDICAL

ROTARIUS wheelwright LATIN

ROTELN German measles MEDICAL

ROUP croup MEDICAL

ROVER archer or operator of a machine used in cotton mills which prepared the carded fiber into rolls OCCUPATION

ROX Roxburgh, SCT PLACE-NAME

RP Reformed Presbyterian ABBREVIATION

RPA Region Parisienne, FRA PLACE-NAME

RPF Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhine.-Palatinale), BRD PLACE-NAME

RPR Rheinprovinz, GER PLACE-NAME

RR Railroad ABBREVIATION

RSA Republic of South Africa PLACE-NAME

RST Rostock, DDR PLACE-NAME

RUBBISHER sorted the small stones in the quarries OCCUPATION

RUBBLER sorted the small stones in the quarries OCCUPATION

RUBELLA German measles MEDICAL

RUBEOLA measles or German measles MEDICAL

RUBY discovers poison, corrects evil and preserves health; warns of impending danger by changing colour; birth stone for July (also see onyx) or birth stone for December (also see turquoise) SYMBOLS

RUGMAN dealer in rugs OCCUPATION

RUNDLET a liquid measure or barrel of 18 to 20 gallons MEASURE

RUNNER smuggler, messenger and ironically one who worked for the magistrate best remembered as Bow Street Runners OCCUPATION

RUS Russia PLACE-NAME

RUSTICUS countryman LATIN

RUSTLER cattle thief OCCUPATION

RUT Rutland, ENG PLACE-NAME

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