Dear Michelle, When you think of something darker in connection with the teamsters, would the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa (president of the Teamsters Union at one time) up here in the Detroit area ring a bell? Or Robert Kennedy's investigation which led to Hoffa being sent to prison in the '60s. I think the Teamsters have been under government supervision for some time because of corruption. Believe it is generally assumed that the Mafia was responsible for Hoffa's disappearance. Another former president of the Teamsters-Dave Beck-was also sent to prison. Cars replaced carriages which were pulled by horses but the driver was generally referred to as a hackman I believe. The occupation of one of the people I am researching was that of a hack. Teamsters deliver goods and modern date teamsters drive trucks instead of having a team of horses. Georgia Muesic1@aol.com wrote: > Hello everyone! > I have a couple of weeks off work, so I rejoined the list and am trying to > get a little of my genealogy paperwork taken care of. My question is....what is > a teamster? Of course, the dictionary says "one who drives a team for > hauling cargo". But, this can't be the "end all" to the definition. There has to > be more. That definition leads me to believe that it was some horses that were > pulling a carriage. So....after cars, there was no more use of the term > "teamster"? I thought that the term "teamster" was also used in connection with > another, darker <smile> side of life? Mobsters or something? > > Can anyone enlighten me? > > TIA! > Michelle > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look.