If you can imagine a wooden box with no top and the end and one side removed leaving two sides and the bottom attached in the middle of the bottom to a wooden pole, that is a "hod". It is filled with bricks, then carried by a "hod carrier" to where the brick layer needs them. The hod carrier rests the box on his shoulder and with the pole in a vertical position carries the bricks to the work site. When he gets to the proper spot, he gently tips the hod forward so the bricks slide out. Don Haney in Carmel, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fitzsimmons" <rvf5@voyager.net> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that > held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the > architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on > the NY skyscrapers on which she worked > > slainte > sheila > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please visit the list website: > http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com > It is a work in progress. Thank you for your patience! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi to all Does anyone know what a CARTER was in the 1860's ? Bob Mcdonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Haney" <donhaney@rcn.com> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS- Hod Carrier > If you can imagine a wooden box with no top and the end and one side removed > leaving two sides and the bottom attached in the middle of the bottom to a > wooden pole, that is a "hod". It is filled with bricks, then carried by a > "hod carrier" to where the brick layer needs them. The hod carrier rests the > box on his shoulder and with the pole in a vertical position carries the > bricks to the work site. When he gets to the proper spot, he gently tips the > hod forward so the bricks slide out. > > Don Haney in Carmel, NY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Fitzsimmons" <rvf5@voyager.net> > To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > > > > Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that > > held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the > > architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on > > the NY skyscrapers on which she worked > > > > slainte > > sheila > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > > Please visit the list website: > > http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com > > It is a work in progress. Thank you for your patience! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Someone who moved supplies with a cart and a horse. -----Original Message----- From: MARY & BOB MC DONALD [mailto:marybob.mcd@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 6:44 PM To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS- Hod Carrier Hi to all Does anyone know what a CARTER was in the 1860's ? Bob Mcdonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Haney" <donhaney@rcn.com> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS- Hod Carrier > If you can imagine a wooden box with no top and the end and one side removed > leaving two sides and the bottom attached in the middle of the bottom to a > wooden pole, that is a "hod". It is filled with bricks, then carried by a > "hod carrier" to where the brick layer needs them. The hod carrier rests the > box on his shoulder and with the pole in a vertical position carries the > bricks to the work site. When he gets to the proper spot, he gently tips the > hod forward so the bricks slide out. > > Don Haney in Carmel, NY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Fitzsimmons" <rvf5@voyager.net> > To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > > > > Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that > > held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the > > architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on > > the NY skyscrapers on which she worked > > > > slainte > > sheila > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > > Please visit the list website: > > http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com > > It is a work in progress. Thank you for your patience! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== Adopt a US County list http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/adoptable/ Adopt a Surname list http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

CARTER - carries or conveys in or as if in a cart From Ancestral (Archaic) Occupations: http://communities.prodigy.net/genealogy/sub_pages/Tools/occupations_N_Z.html Rose MARY & BOB MC DONALD wrote: > Hi to all > Does anyone know what a CARTER was in the 1860's ? > Bob Mcdonald > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Haney" <donhaney@rcn.com> > To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:59 PM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS- Hod Carrier > > > If you can imagine a wooden box with no top and the end and one side > removed > > leaving two sides and the bottom attached in the middle of the bottom to a > > wooden pole, that is a "hod". It is filled with bricks, then carried by a > > "hod carrier" to where the brick layer needs them. The hod carrier rests > the > > box on his shoulder and with the pole in a vertical position carries the > > bricks to the work site. When he gets to the proper spot, he gently tips > the > > hod forward so the bricks slide out. > > > > Don Haney in Carmel, NY > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Fitzsimmons" <rvf5@voyager.net> > > To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > > > > > > > Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that > > > held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the > > > architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on > > > the NY skyscrapers on which she worked > > > > > > slainte > > > sheila > > > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > > > Please visit the list website: > > > http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com > > > It is a work in progress. Thank you for your patience! > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > > Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Adopt a US County list > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/adoptable/ > Adopt a Surname list > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237