Brian, Kathleen, & Joe Commercial Travellers were not door to door peddlers. Rather they represented major products and commodities and often worked for substantial wholesale houses.Essentially they would travel around to retail stores or outlets and arrange for their merchandise to be sold and displayed in those retail establishments. They often had exclusive territories and more often than not would work on a commission basis. They formed their own trade association and had a benefit fund etc. as well as a constitution and links to other branches of similar type throughout the UK. Al Valentine Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [BELFAST] Belfast Commercial Travellers 1920 > Brian/Kathleen, > > I believe a commercial traveller was a "door-to-door" salesman, as we would > refer to it . > My great grandfather was a commercial traveller (Robert MCKINSTRY) in > Belfast, according to my grandmother's birth certificate in 1899 (they lived on > Chobham Street) and the ship manifest to Phila in 1922. > > I am guessing that was a tough way to make a living! > > Joe Hunter > > > ==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== > Under no circumstances should VIRUS/HOAX/CHAIN warnings/messages be sent to the list. They have nothing to do with genealogy/family history. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >