Daily AncestorDistiller
A distiller made whiskey, rum, brandy or other spirits by distilling fermented liquor, or owned or ran a distillery.
Distillation separates the parts of a liquid mixture by boiling it and condensing the vapor in a still. Applied to a fermented mash of grain, fruit or molasses, it concentrates the alcohol into hard liquor.
The title can mean a skilled worker who ran the stills or the owner of the distillery, so look at the rest of the record, such as the value of real estate, to tell which.
As seen in a recordOccupation column of the 1850 to 1910 census
Jno. Rudd, 47, Distiller
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