Kathleen, I am not sure, but I would presume he would have went about different areas trying to sell certain products, either to individuals or shops etc. Brian Kathleen Donnelly <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Brian, my great grandfather on my mothers side was Thomas Matthews. He was listed as a Commercial Travler in my grannies marriage certificate in 1899....they lived in English Street. What exactly would he have done? Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian magaoidh" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: [BELFAST] Belfast Commercial Travellers 1920 > > Recently, someone asked about a Commercial Travellers association and I > have just came across the following which might help someone. > > > > > > Irish News January 19 1920: > > > > In this issue, there was an article about the 17th Annual General Meeting > of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers Association, held in the > Central Hall, Rosemary Street, Belfast on Saturday 17th 1920. The > membership had increased to 363 members and the new officers for 1920 were > as follows: > Chairman, Mr John Campbell; vice-chairman, Mr James.V.Gosney; treasurer, > Mr A.Lee Richardson; secretary, Mr Jas.A. M'Geown; hon. Counsel, Mr Henry > Hanna, KC; hon. Solicitor, Mr S.G.Crymble, LLB; representative on chamber > of commerce, Mr W.H.Andrews, JP.; committee, Messrs. H. Russell, Frank > Taylor, J.A Stanfield, A.G.Wallace, H.Faloon, Robt. Green, J.H.Tisley, G. > Cassells, W.G.Stronge, J.R. Marr, W.H.Andrews, JP, W.B.Jones, W Curry, > Hugh Grahame, F.M.Edmundson, George Hutchinson. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > > ==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== > NEVER open an attachment unless you are expecting it or you know exactly > what it is. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== The list archives can be searched or browsed at ~ http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-BELFAST-CITY.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com