Thanks Paul,   That's really interesting, I never considered anything like that.   Also bells are ringing in my head as I think somewhere in my Wiltshire ancestry there is a link to the Railways.   Food for thought.   Regards Rita     ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Vivash <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 18:01:06 Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Excavators in Wiltshire 1841 ----- Original Message ----- From: "rita woodcock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Excavators in Wiltshire 1841 > Hello list, > > I was trawling through an 1841 census website for Wiltshire and came > across many heads of families and whole places where the persons > occupations were given as Excavators. > > Curiously I wondered if anyone would know what sort of excavations they > would have been involved in, in 1841 ? > > Regards Rita Woodcock Norfolk UK > > The Great Western Railway was completed  in 1841 so it may well be that the excavations were in that connection. Paul ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message