Hi,   I found this in old occupations:  Hellier / Hillier Roof tiler or Slater Nancy ________________________________ From: "eng-black-country-request@rootsweb.com" <eng-black-country-request@rootsweb.com> To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:00 AM Subject: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 21 Today's Topics:   1. Re: Looking for some help on reading    abirthcertificate       (John Favill) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:32:19 -0600 From: John Favill <jfavill@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: [Black Country] Looking for some help on reading     abirthcertificate To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4D48F2D8-E073-4465-A113-382A1CE44E6F@wi.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I usually go to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary when words are mentioned and this time I found the following HAULER. 1674  One who or that which hauls; a haulier. HAULIER. 1577. A man employed in hauling something, e.g. coal in a mine. The dates given are the year of the document in which the word was found. John On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Hi Ron: > > Given the area I suspect he was in coal mining and was involved in moving > coal from the mine face to the foot of the shaft. > > Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Snape" <snape@cix.co.uk> > To: <eng-black-country@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Looking for some help on reading > abirthcertificate > > >>> >>> It could have been, but I think it could also refer to a haulier on >>> the canals >>> >> I have never heard the boatmen referred to as hauliers. Coal boats were >> still running on the Tame Valley Canal when I was a a child, carrying >> coal from Hamstead Colliery into Birmingham and to the power station at >> Ocker Hill in the opposite direction. My grandmother's house backed onto >> the canal. >> >> But I am not sure what a "hauler" would have been doing down the pit. >> Working in seams that were too shallow for the ponies, perhaps? >> >> Ron S >> ------------------------------------- >> T ------------------------------ To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 21 ************************************************