Oystering and farming were about the only two common professions. You could easily do both or go from one to another. On Nov 17, 2010, at 3:00 AM, mdsomers-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Waterman (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:42:42 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [MDSOMERS] Waterman > To: <MDSOMERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1289961297.847033@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Sherwoodhenry1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/ > localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.somerset/853.1.1/ > mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > John B Morris b 1824 in New Jersey says Oysterman in the 1850 > census.I know very little about him as I have no relatives living > on this side ,I was hoping the work information might tell me how > he wound up there even though he was listed as a farmer later in > life .Any help appreciated > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MDSOMERS list administrator, send an email to > MDSOMERS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MDSOMERS mailing list, send an email to > MDSOMERS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSOMERS- > request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MDSOMERS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 55 > *************************************** > === craig o'donnell dadadata@atlanticbb.net Box 66 Still Pond Md 21667