I believe a coaler would have been an individual loading or unloading coal. Probably involved the railroad or company selling coal. Rick Porter Finger Lakes House Histories -----Original Message----- >From: WildBillHk@aol.com >Sent: Nov 2, 2007 10:42 PM >To: NYCHENAN@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NYCHENAN] 1870 Census occupation::: COOLING > >In Column #7 of the 1870 CENSUS for McDonough, Chenango Co, NY, >several persons are listed with the occupation of "COOLING" or "COALING." > >What would be the definition of this occupation? > >Jan > > > >************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message