Perhaps he had to work for years to save up enough money to buy a store.  I had ancestors who were coal miners until they saved enough to buy a store.     > Hi - I am writing up an ancestor who was a wheelwright from about 1861 > to before 1891. The 1891 census shows a change of profession from > wheelwright to grocer. > > I am wondering why the change. Could it be because wheels went from > being made of wood to being made of iron? > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message