Highwall 38 Posted February 14 Ever consider what your profession would have been if you were born 100 years before your birthday? For me it would have been 1851 so I would have thankfully been too young for the Civil War or it probably would have ended there. Considering my retail career in today's world and organizational skills I imagine I would have been a shop keeper in a dry goods store in some small town in Kansas. I think it would have been rewarding to have been a train engineer back then. That would be my first choice but not realistic to my actual occupation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razorseal 15 Posted February 14 1885... Probably a lawmen. Lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Chance Morgun 582 Posted February 14 (edited) Well, since my families were farmers, I likely would have been one, too. Edited February 14 by Marshal Chance Morgun 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusta B. 1,099 Posted February 14 1842 - probably wouldn't have survived the Civil War ...... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Gunfighter 114 Posted February 14 1849 - another (young) civil war casualty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MBFields 42 Posted February 14 1858, probably a farmer as did that for the last 42 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Brules 730 Posted February 14 Likely a military officer, a banker, business owner, or even a railroad executive, all of which probably would have taken me West. Who knows how we’d be influenced by situations, educational and other opportunities and surroundings? It would be fascinating to travel back to those times! Cat Brules. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lead Monger 330 Posted February 14 1857. Defiantly would have been working with or on machinery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smoken D 1,035 Posted February 14 1851 Lawman out West just like the family tree has always been. Guess they would not have been hand-me-down guns. I would have had them as original's. That might have been cool. But would rather been born 1951 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Hangtree 1,080 Posted February 14 1857, if I was following family trends, I would have been a carpenter. Instead, I chose law enforcement. So I guess I'd have been a law man out west. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
High Spade Mikey Wilson 220 Posted February 14 1856 and I probably would have had a gunsmith shop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goody, SASS #26190 691 Posted February 14 1856. Either a bartender or brothel owner. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rafe Conager SASS #56958 235 Posted February 14 (edited) 1862 probably would have followed the family tradition and been a soldier, or bounty hunter Rafe Edited February 14 by Rafe Conager SASS #56958 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rye Miles #13621 3,995 Posted February 14 I would have been born in 1847, I would have been 13 or 14 when the Civil War started. My family is all from Italy (except my mom) so who knows? Probably a farmer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tacobill 12 Posted February 14 I would have just been a cowboy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hendo 199 Posted February 14 1864, Probably a Trooper standing watch on some stupid piece of scrub in the territories, complaining about how heavy my carbine is an wondering what my life would be like if I was born a hundred years from now. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yul Lose 4,680 Posted February 14 1854, coffin builder or outlaw ( coffin filler). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hendo 199 Posted February 14 2 minutes ago, Yul Lose said: 1854, coffin builder or outlaw ( coffin filler). How about both? That way you could always keep your business busy. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life 491 Posted February 14 Half of my family were investment bankers and the others were ranchers. As many on the wire know, the investment banking side invested in the West. I guess that's why I was both before retirement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 737 Posted February 14 Probably Dead ,,,,, My appendix Burst when I was 8 ,,, Great care in a 1960s hospital in Denmark saved my life .... Moved Back to Canada in 1967...... Barring that happening I would likely have followed along Family lines ,,, Lawman , Military Officer, Buffalo Hunter or Rancher ... My dad's Father did the First three,,, adding Circus Strongman as well ... My mom's Dad was mostly a Rancher ,,, though in latter years he added a Trash ( city garbage collection ) Collection Business to his resume .... Jabez Cowboy 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tequila Chase 347 Posted February 14 1860, Texas Ranger, Pinkerton or Enlisted Schlub in the military. Of course if I had the life then that I did this time around I probably would've been dead early on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irish ike, SASS #43615 538 Posted February 14 Wheel Right/Carpenter no ones going to shoot at ya, you get to live in town, everyone needs you at some point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trailrider #896 1,133 Posted February 14 1842. Probably an Army officer had I survived a case of scarlet fever at age five, when there were no antibiotics. As it was, a hundred years later, the military hadn't released any penicillin to the civilian population except for sulfa! Had I survived the CW and had the funds to attend college, I probably would have become some type of engineer, possibly building railroad equipment including locomotives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brimstone Bill Willson 44 Posted February 14 1877, I would have missed most of the real old west. I would want to see if Henry Ford would hire me in the engineering department. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramblin Gambler 822 Posted February 14 World's first computer programmer. Or maybe president. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fence Cutter 282 Posted February 14 A fence cutter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 172 Posted February 14 OUTLAW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highwall 38 Posted February 15 3 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: OUTLAW Interesting! So if your profession would be outlaw 100 years ago what would it be today? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 172 Posted February 15 SAME Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hendo 199 Posted February 15 5 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: SAME Is that according to your inlaws? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JP McLintock 0 Posted February 15 1878, most likely the same as my great grandfather, soldier in the Spanish American war, then probably a blacksmith or saddle maker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highwall 38 Posted February 15 44 minutes ago, Hendo said: Is that according to your inlaws? good stuff here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,622 Posted February 15 Me, troublemaker OLG 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 172 Posted February 15 renegade , rebel , and rogue , my high points Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 290 Posted February 15 A cowboy working for $30 a month and found. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
