Well X has drawn a blank.
There aren't even a lot of occupations to choose from, let alone finding one which belonged to a family member. Most revolve around 20th century technology, X-ray and Xerox. I even read the X pages of the dictionary and the E pages too, specifically for words starting with Ex, hoping for inspiration.
No Xaminers, Xcisemen, Xecutioners or Xcavators that I am yet aware of in the family.
I had thought about writing about John Davys (Davis) the Xplorer who tried several times to find the North West Passage between Canada and the Arctic, and for whom Davis Strait is named. In 1592 he discovered the Falkland Islands. He was one of the chief navigators in Elizabethan times, a contemporary of Raleigh, Cavendish & Frobisher. He was born in Devon about 1550 and there is a tenuous, as yet unproven connection to the Davys family. He also commanded a ship (for England) against the Spanish Armada and was Pilot-Major on the first voyage of the East India Company to the East Indies. He was killed by Japanese pirates on 29 December 1605 off Bintan Island near Singapore.
My other option, though more a hobby than an occupation was to find out more about my grandfather's xylophone playing musical pastime. But I didn't really consider it in time and now need to ask lots of questions to find out more.
So for this letter instead of a tick for an xcellent post, I think I will be getting an x mark.
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