Carting Contractor

[mantanmark]

Any idea what a carting contractor is? In the 1901 census i have my person down as a boatman, but by 1940 he was deceased but named on his sons marriage certificate as a carting contractor, are they related or have i got the wrong person on the census!

Thanks
Samantha

[suey]

Hi Samantha, if you have 39 years between 1901 and the marriage in 1940 i'd say it was entirely possible for someone to change their occupation.
As a Carting Contractor he would have delivered or collected goods for people.