[email protected] wrote: > > Hi folks, > An ancestor in a 1900 census was listed as being a "Teamster" for his > occupation. > Can anyone help as to just what this was? Thanks. A "teamster" ca 1900 would have driven a team, probably of horses or mules although earlier it might have been oxen as well, for the purpose of hauling freight. Modern "teamsters" drive those huge trucks we see on the highway (and sometimes use CB radios). Birchell Coslow Member, Local 407, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America (honorably withdrawn)