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Title: Occupation or rank" What is Carman"
Post by: nelle on Monday 03 July 06 14:44 BST (UK)

Have just received copy of marriage certificate from 1896.  Father's occupation of the bride listed as Carman.  Would this be car man, but i did not think motor vehicles were called "cars" back then. Any ideas?

Title: Re: Occupation or rank" What is Carman"
Post by: Nicky on Monday 03 July 06 14:49 BST (UK)

Hi

This is taken from following website

Carman/Charman/Carrier/
Carter/Cartman  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 

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c.html

Nicky

Title: Re: Occupation or rank" What is Carman"
Post by: Christopher on Monday 03 July 06 14:52 BST (UK)

Quote from: nelle on Monday 03 July 06 14:44 BST (UK)

Have just received copy of marriage certificate from 1896.  Father's occupation of the bride listed as Carman.  Would this be car man, but i did not think motor vehicles were called "cars" back then. Any ideas?

Hiya Nelle,

I wonder if your ancestor worked on tramcars. The other possibliity is horse drawn vehicles used for carrying passengers. They were not horse drawn trams but open wagons with seats. They were known as cars in Ireland. Maybe the same term was used in England.

All the Best, Christopher  

Title: Re: Occupation or rank" What is Carman"
Post by: nelle on Tuesday 04 July 06 01:17 BST (UK)

Thanks for the ideas, they sound feasible to me.