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What does a Commercial Traveller do in 1861
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Nigel | Report | 26 Feb 2005 00:38 |
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Thanks for that Judith and Lorraine. It seems my idea was plausable. It would be great if he had travelled around Europe in those days but I doubt there is any way I could find that out. Maybe he sold groceries around Europe! Nigel |
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Judith | Report | 25 Feb 2005 21:36 |
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Nigel, he may well have done just that. One of my gt gt grandfathers was a grocer on his marriage cert but a commercial traveller in later years and on 1861 census it actually says 'commercial traveller, grocery' |
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Nigel | Report | 25 Feb 2005 21:19 |
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Hi Grampa, Thanks for that. I couldn't believe it could be so straight forward as he used to be a Grocer 10 years earlier. Maybe he travelled selling groceries! Nigel |
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Unknown | Report | 25 Feb 2005 21:08 |
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Same as today. Travels around selling his employer's products. As opposed to a Travelling Salesman who actually sells goods straight away a Commercial Traveller would have samples and take orders. Travellers samples were sometimes scale models of the manufacturer's items and are now highly collectable. |
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Nigel | Report | 25 Feb 2005 21:02 |
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One of my ancestor's occupations was this. Just wondering if anyone knows what it is? |
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