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Occupation: 'CARMAN'

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Darrel

Darrel Report 9 Nov 2003 17:10

Does anyone recognise this occupation which was recorded by my grandfather in 1914 when he enlisted into the army?

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 9 Nov 2003 17:20

Iv'e had a few of these in my family. Iv'e always assumed it means mechanic ! elaine x

Trish

Trish Report 9 Nov 2003 17:30

I think it was someone who was a self employed carter who may or may not have owned his own cart. Take it to be the equivalent of todays agency driver. Have a look at www(.)cpcug(.)org/user/jlacombe/terms.html

Katie

Katie Report 9 Nov 2003 17:37

I was told it was the equivalent of a taxi-driver today. I'm not sure though! -Kat

Kay

Kay Report 9 Nov 2003 17:47

It maybe a mistranscibed 'Cartman' . Did he live in a mining community? Kay

Janice

Janice Report 9 Nov 2003 17:48

I have a carman relative. He was a horse and carriage equivalent of a taxi! Janice

Lynda ~

Lynda ~ Report 9 Nov 2003 17:55

Carman. Driver of a horsedrawn vehicle for transporting goods, often employed by the railway for local delivery/collection of goods. Also someone who drove horse drawn tram was sometimes known as a carman. Hope this helps Lynda

Doreen

Doreen Report 9 Nov 2003 18:46

Lots of 'Carmen' in my husband's family. They drove a horse and cart and transported flour, coal, timber, etc. or worked at the docks. Doreen Berry

Paul

Paul Report 9 Nov 2003 18:48

A Carman is a street cleaner - as we would say today a Dustman!

Martin

Martin Report 10 Nov 2003 10:20

I wonder if there was any subtle difference between a CARMAN and a CARTER? Martin

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 10 Nov 2003 13:35

Think it was a subtle difference but certainly later a taxi driver was called a Hackney-driver. A street cleaner was a Fower - now where did that come from!!

Katie

Katie Report 10 Nov 2003 16:06

These days taxi-drivers are called 'cabbies' - or at least, they are in my part of the world! -Kat

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 Report 10 Nov 2003 16:23

My gt grandfather was a carman - I understood it to mean he drove a cart to make deliveries for firms on 'self-employed' sort of basis. Maz.XX

Georgina

Georgina Report 10 Nov 2003 16:24

When I looked the term up on the web, it said driver of a cart, and this makes sense as gt grandad was a coal carman!

Mary

Mary Report 10 Nov 2003 17:12

I've got a rellie who was a 'carman' and assumed it was something to do with transport - now I'm a bit confused !I've also got rellies who were 'carriers' - of what I don't know. This seems to be in the Northamptonshire area of my family - maybe it's local to that area - anyone know ? Mary Brooke

Stan

Stan Report 10 Nov 2003 21:31

On the last point, carriers were people who transported whatever you wanted. for example, I remember in the 1950's having the family bicycles sent by carrier to our holiday destination, and back at the end of it, while we went by train and bus. Stan

Bob

Bob Report 10 Nov 2003 23:02

I have a number of Carmen in my family. They owned horses carts and carried anything that was required on a contract bassis. They were used by the local brickworks but would also carry as a one off for anyone that had goods to be moved from A to B. Now we would call them hauliers. Indeed one of my uncles progressed from a horse and cart to a lorry for a short period. Bob Wood

Darrel

Darrel Report 13 Nov 2003 19:18

Thankyou all very much. I am now much wiser. Darrel

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 13 Nov 2003 19:25

In my "Mansfield" family alot of the males occupation was shown as CARMAN.

Penny

Penny Report 16 Nov 2003 22:52

i have carman in my ancestors they were hansom cab drivers penny