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=== Assistant: based on o.mb as a field rather than a biography, the most likely occupation would be something practical, endurance-ba… ===
based on o.mb as a field rather than a biography, the most likely occupation would be something practical, endurance-based, and responsibility-heavy, rather than decorative or domestic.

the strongest fit is agricultural work, most plausibly as a farm labourer, smallholder, or shepherdess.

here’s why that fits tightly:

the field is dominated by sustained pressure, containment, guarding, routine control, and long-term endurance rather than bursts of creativity or social performance. that aligns extremely well with rural nineteenth-century work where someone is responsible for land, animals, stores, or processes that must not fail. smoking a pipe reinforces this: pipe smoking among women in that period was rare but far more tolerated in isolated rural or working contexts than in polite urban society.

living to 106 also fits a life of physical regularity, outdoor labour, limited excess, and strong circadian rhythm, all common in agricultural lives and uncommon in urban trades, factories, or service roles. the psychological profile suggests someone who managed excess by restraint rather than indulgence, which aligns with subsistence or custodial work rather than commerce or social professions.

a secondary but still plausible option would be caretaker or keeper of something tangible and bounded: a small estate, animals, stores, or land—possibly widowed early and effectively self-directed thereafter. much less likely are roles involving constant social negotiation, performance, or formal authority.

so, if one had to place a single best guess:

she was most likely a rural agricultural worker, very possibly a shepherdess or smallholding farmer, operating quietly, autonomously, and under long-term self-imposed discipline.