At 11:05 AM -0400 4/11/02, C Benson wrote: >My g grandfather was a teamster - He and his brother dug basements and >hauled ice from the ponds to the ice house. >Chris Benson > A teamsters was a driver of a drwan wagon or later a truck. If he is listed as a teamster and huauled ice and dig basements its because he used his wagon. This was an occupation that the Irish 'fought' to keep as their own. m ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk http://www.panix.com/~cassidy