Hi Peter   I wonder if someone at the intresting Brighton Fishing Museum may be able to help you. It's staffed by volunteers (7 days a week) & BT lists this number - Tel: (01273) 723064 .   Unfortunately the website - http://www.brightonfishingmuseum.org.uk/index.html - does not offer an email address but it does give this explanation about fishermen & boatmen:  "By the mid 1800s, with the arrival of the railway, Brighton had become a haven for daytrippers. Discover how many of the fishermen began scrubbing down their punts each day after fishing and turn them into pleasure boats. Fishermen became boatmen, showmen of the sea and the water a funfair."   I think in a place like Brighton, the terms boatman & waterman were probably used mostly to describe the men who operated the pleasure boats from the beach (the Skylark, etc), or possibly also for the people who owned the fishing boats but who did not actually go out to sea to do the fishing.   Christine Jackson SFHG 397 ________________________________ From: Sharon Newman <[email protected]> To: SFHG SFHG <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 2:36:27 PM Subject: [SFHG] Fisherman to Waterman Hi Listers My Great Grandfather, Charles Newington, is described in baptisemal records as 'Fisherman' at the birth of his daughter, Rosina, in 1851 as 'Waterman', at the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1861 and again at the birth of his son Charles, in 1868 as a 'Fisherman'  Could anyone please tell me the difference between: Fisherman, Boatman and Waterman as applied to the Brighton seagoing folk and what the occupations actually entailed. He lived in 'Shooters Gardens (1858 -1865) and 'Sun Street' (1868 - ?) Brighton during this time. Regards Peter Newman SFHG Member 12209                          ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message