This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bonem Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/1984.1 Message Board Post: I believe a drayman was someone who operated a "dray" which was a low heavy horse cart used for hauling. I transcribed part of one of the directories and from my recollection they usually put (see SoAndSo) if the names were spelled similarly, possibly the same person in the directory more than once. I noticed you listed the name Sova. Do you know anything about Anthony & Jane Sova in Bay City? Jane was my ggrandfather, Levi Bonem's, sister.