Hello Everyone,   I just received an obit for my Great Uncle James MURPHY who died in WWI while serving in the Navy.  It mentions that prior to joining the Navy he was employed by the C.P.R. as a rigger.  Can anyone tell me what C.P.R. stands for?   Thanks.   Susan Illinois, USA

I think its the Canadian Pacific Railway if he went to Canada? Mary Hello Everyone, I just received an obit for my Great Uncle James MURPHY who died in WWI while serving in the Navy. It mentions that prior to joining the Navy he was employed by the C.P.R. as a rigger. Can anyone tell me what C.P.R. stands for? Thanks. Susan Illinois, USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Susan, CPR not only had, and still has, a nation wide rail service but in the past they also had a fleet of quite famous ocean liners. A rigger certainly would be part of a maritime operation also. Google "Canadian Pacific Railway" Dave D. > Hello Everyone, >   > I just received an obit for my Great Uncle James MURPHY who died in WWI while > serving in the Navy.  It mentions that prior to joining the Navy he was > employed by the C.P.R. as a rigger.  Can anyone tell me what C.P.R. stands > for? >   > Thanks. >   > Susan > Illinois, USA > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Canadian Pacific Railway -----Original Message----- From: eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Sudkamp Mikol Sent: September 12, 2009 11:36 PM To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LIV] WWI Obit Hello Everyone,   I just received an obit for my Great Uncle James MURPHY who died in WWI while serving in the Navy.  It mentions that prior to joining the Navy he was employed by the C.P.R. as a rigger.  Can anyone tell me what C.P.R. stands for?   Thanks.   Susan Illinois, USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message