Dave - By "googling" word group Belfast 1901 occupation driver, I came upon a PDF file entitled SN 1660: Segregation and Social Structures in Early 20 Century Belfast. (See below) I clicked on html version to view the several pages. Lists pages of interesting occupations. Scroll down to page 11, regarding "Codebook Columns 51-61" with six-digit occupational codes for Belfast 1901. (Correct me if I am wrong, but may correlate with columns in the 1901 Census, but you can check it out). http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/doc/1660%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Ccode.pdf. or www.data-archive.ac.uk/doc/1660%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Ccode.pdf Many occupations were listed. A few included the word driver: Coach Driver; Engine Driver; Engine driver (railway spec.); Cab Proprietor & Driver; Cab Proprietor, Owner, Master, Hackney Cab-Driver; Omnibus Driver; Driver; Cattle Driver; Driver (harbour, dock, lighthouse category); Tramdriver; Carman, Driver, Vandriver; Cast Driver; Traction Engine Driver; Mill Driver; Coach Driver, etc. (I noticed that Drover was an occupation listed, too.) They all have number keys and categories and perhaps helpful to you in some way. Looked to me like Driver was 544 016. Have you found your person on the 1901 Census? If so, see what it says in columns 51-61. Any occupational letter codes there? Other websites had researchers who said their kin was a driver for a tea company, and there are some military websites with occupation driver listed. You might try a Google search for your surname of interest and 1901 Belfast, see what comes up. Maybe find something definitive in pension applications, records databases. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Holt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Occupations > Hi All: > On my Grandfather David John McCreadys Registration of Marriage in Belfast > in 1909 it lists my Grandmother Margaret Quinns Father John Quinns > Occupation as Driver. > Would some kind lister please enlighten me as to what he would have been > doing as I don't think they had many cars at that time did they? > Thanx > Dave