2007-01-05 03:36:41 · 8 answers · asked by liam.cornes 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
A journeyman is a tradesman or craftsman who has completed an apprenticeship but is not yet able to set up his or her own workshop as a master. In parts of Europe, as in later medieval Germany, spending time as a journeyman (Geselle), moving from one town to another to gain experience of different workshops, was an important part of the training of an aspirant master. In later medieval England, however, most journeymen remained as employees throughout their careers, lacking the financial resources to set up their own workshops.
Wikpedia I found it quite interesting as it confirmed what I ythought the term meant
2007-01-05 03:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
This is how I understand the term "journeyman" to apply to a tradesman: A journeyman is someone who has gone through an apprenticeship where he/she is shown how to do basic tasks and then more advanced but often-performed tasks. You are considered to be a journeyman when you can do all the basic tasks and most of the often-performed tasks with little or no supervision. A journeyman is one step shy of a craftsman, who is a person who can perform all basic tasks, all often-performed tasks, and many specialty tasks with no supervision. From there you have the master craftsman who basically does it all.
2007-01-05 11:51:28 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term journeyman means a person who is skilled in a particular trade -- like carpentry or metalwork for example. Your relative was probably a skilled tradesman of some sort.
2007-01-05 22:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by Marni M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A journeyman is one who is hired by the day (French "Jour") rather than someone on a regular salary. This is the origin of the name, but it later came to mean someone who had finished his apprenticeship.
2007-01-11 12:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by canterma1n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A journeyman is a craftsmans apprentice - actually a sort of half way stage between apprentice and fully qualified craftsman.
2007-01-05 11:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What ever your family did for work he was one who was not great but was allways there showed up and could be counted on to know the job and get her done such as journeyman boxers, they are not great but have been doing it a long time and will show up to fight.
2007-01-05 11:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A qualified craftsman who's served an apprenticeship (7 years) and can now practice on his own without the supervision of a "master".
2007-01-07 14:17:39 · answer #7 · answered by Specsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creepingrot is correct. I found information which I only knew a marginal amount about on Wikipedia
2007-01-05 11:50:16 · answer #8 · answered by bellgoddess1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋