Hi Joy, No. Nothing to do with journeys. It means a "tradesman who has served his trade apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but originally hired by the day. The name derives from the French for day - jour." A web search will give you quite a few old trades sites. Regards Pam At 11:45 20.03.04 +1100, Joy Richens wrote: >Does anyone know if an occupation listed as Journeyman on an English census in 1861 would indicate >that person was a Coachman?