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Old occupations
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Teresa-Green-Gables | Report | 3 Feb 2004 12:17 |
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Please could anyone nudge up the old occupations thread or could anyone tell me what a 'Carman' might be in the 1860's? Many thanks Teresa |
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Helen | Report | 3 Feb 2004 12:25 |
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Someone was asking this the other day and I think the answer was that it was another name for a carter, someone who drives a cart. |
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Dave | Report | 3 Feb 2004 16:04 |
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Hi Teresa, Carman/Charman/Carrier/Carter: - Driver of (horse-drawn) vehicles for transporting goods. Carmen were often employed by railway companies for local deliveries and collections of goods and parcels. Modern day van driver. Also sometimes someone who drove horse-drawn trams was called a Carman. Dave |
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Naomi in SW | Report | 3 Feb 2004 16:56 |
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Thanks all. I too had a carman and did wonder as they hadn't been invented then! Naomi |
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Steven | Report | 3 Feb 2004 18:55 |
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Hi, certain mineworkings had carmen too! |
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Teresa-Green-Gables | Report | 3 Feb 2004 20:32 |
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Thank you all for the Carman definitions. It seems to have been a popular occupation in my family. regards Teresa |
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