In message <00e701c49a2f$46f331a0$efcfae51@lovegrove>, Sandra Lovegrove <lovegrove@one-name.org> writes >A young man marrying in 1845 was described as a "tallow chandler". >Presumably at that date such a business would not just deal in tallow. >Any ideas about what else? any sort of household supplies, kindling, matches, colza oil, rat poison, tarred paper - including even food in small quanitites. Mainly oddments like small cheap pots and pans and buckets -think ironmonger at the cheap end of the market -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

Here we call that a "General Store." Ruth At 1:07 AM +0100 9/16/04, Eve McLaughlin wrote: >In message <00e701c49a2f$46f331a0$efcfae51@lovegrove>, Sandra Lovegrove ><lovegrove@one-name.org> writes >>A young man marrying in 1845 was described as a "tallow chandler". >>Presumably at that date such a business would not just deal in tallow. >>Any ideas about what else? >any sort of household supplies, kindling, matches, colza oil, rat >poison, tarred paper - including even food in small quanitites. Mainly >oddments like small cheap pots and pans and buckets -think ironmonger at >the cheap end of the market > >-- >Eve McLaughlin -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT