Thanks Daryl, I think on reflection it is logical in this case that the person was the owner and/or driver of a carriage or fleet of carriages - perhaps as a sort of forebear to a modern taxi service. Cheers, your input was appreciated. Julie H. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of daryl crabtree Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 9:43 AM To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] strange occupation Hi Julie, I found this on the WWW under old occupations. Fly Proprietor, 1) Drove a "fly" a one horse two wheeled light carriage 2) Flyman also a term for a theatre stage hand 3) A Fly Proprietor employed fly drivers and usually owned the flys. Regards, Daryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie M Hopper" <juliemhopper@hotkey.net.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] strange occupation > Greetings listers, > > > > Here is an odd one - I was looking at a listing from the 1901 UK census > and > I found for a person born in 1834 in the county of Berkshire, the > occupation > was given as 'Fly Proprietor.' > > > > Anyone with any idea as to what this could be? Could it be 'Fly' as in > trout > fishing perhaps, or 'Fly' as in a vehicle for conveying passengers, or...? > > > > Julie H. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message