In a message dated 26/01/2008 22:14:28 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I recently sent for a marriage certificate and the fathers occupation was Traveller. What would a Traveller have done in the 1840's? Hi This is perhaps a difficult question to fathom. Taken literally he could have been a gypsy type of fellow moving from town to town. You could possibly prove this by looking on the census before or after his entry to see if he was at the same address.. The other kind of Traveller would be a man who travelled between businesses selling the products of the Company he worked for. He wouldn't be a seller of food, mainly fowls, as they were called hucksters. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html