I don't know the answer to Kate's question, but just as a matter of interest I encountered the following during a session at the HRO earlier this week :- 1851 Census Hereford St Peters Bye Street Olwen WRIGHT, head, W, 51. Churd Dealer, Audley, Staffs. Thomas, son, U, 28, Churd Dealers Assistant, Woolstowton, Staffs. This bugged me all day, my mind thinking "cheese" or "whey" or something similar, until late the same evening it suddenly occured to me that the enumerator had simply written down what he thought he had heard, the actual occupation being "CHAIR DEALER". Gordon Evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Alexander" <kate@jbaassoc.demon.co.uk> To: <ENG-HEREFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: [HEF] occupation - hallier > > I've just spent a couple of days at Hereford LRO which have been really > useful in tracing my STEED line. > > *BUT* in the Withington Parish Register entries for Baptisms (around > 1850-1870), the occupation of the father of one of the families I was > researching is given as Hallier. > > The staff at the LRO agreed that this did appear to be the correct word, > and it occurred in more than one entry. > > A dictionary of "old trades and occupations" gave no clues, nor did a > dialect reference book. > > The best the LRO staff and I could come up with is "haulier" - any > other ideas? > > > > > -- > Kate > Essex, UK > Wife to John, Full Time Mother to Christopher (11) and Rebecca (9) > > ALEXANDER - London (1600-1700), Cornwall (1800), Hampshire (1700 - 1800) , > Newcastle (1800-1900) & Wakefield (1900) > STEED - Hereford/Staffordshire/Warwickshire > > > ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== > . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >