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Dairy man?

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Tawny

Tawny Report 2 Jun 2008 21:24

I ordered the marriage certificate for my 3x great grandfather and it named his father as James Connelly and gave his job as Dairy man. James was born in County Dublin. Anyone any ideas on what his job was?

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No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 2 Jun 2008 21:29

I would have thought it was like the old fashioned milking the cows or a milk delivery man, where you could have milk, butter or cream Delivered by horse and cart.

Not sure though!!

Betty

Tawny

Tawny Report 2 Jun 2008 21:38

Thank you for suggesting it I had no clue and all his descendents in England for several generations were miners so no clue in their jobs.

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Ivy

Ivy Report 2 Jun 2008 22:30

I googled for victorian dairy butter cheese machines and came up with this site

http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/12-linind/milk.htm

which describes the people and the tasks involved in getting milk into cities

Richard

Richard Report 2 Jun 2008 22:46

The diary man was the milk man..that simple, my g-g-g grandad was one and thats hows hes described on census and certs 'milk purveyor' or 'dairy man'.

Linda G

Linda G Report 3 Jun 2008 07:12

My Grandad too was 'a dairyman' I though initially that was a farmer..but it turned out to be a milkman

Linda

Tawny

Tawny Report 3 Jun 2008 13:36

Thank you for explaining that for me

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.