Diane, According to the Ancestry book "Concise Genealogical Dictionary" a chopper is "one who barters or exchanges, especially ecclesiastical benefices". Barb > From: DLCulhane@cs.com > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:29:25 -0500 > To: sgtnysp@roadrunner.com; nyerie@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Patrick Farley Family > > Thanks, Kevin. I've written St. Vincent de Paul Church in Evans, will see > what they say. The Farleys reportedly also lived in Black Rock, so perhaps > went to St. Patrick's for a time. > > A non-church-related question. The 1850 census lists Patrick's occupation > as "chopping." (Nearest neighbors were a farmer, teacher, tanner, joiner, > blacksmith, and two rakemakers.) Any ideas what a chopper did? > > Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/